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7. Persisting Data

Edwin M Sarmiento1 
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Ottawa, ON, Canada
 

The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.

—a Chinese proverb

Immediately after getting settled in on my desk, I asked my Sunday school teacher for some sheets of paper and crayons. It’s not that I like writing, it’s just one of the very few things that I can do as a sick kid. According to my doctor, I can’t play rough, I can’t do sports, I can’t even laugh hard (that’s what I was told). So, it’s reading books, playing the piano, and writing – or scribbling, because I can’t even read my own handwriting.

My Sunday school teacher handed me a ...

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