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It has been raining pretty often lately.  It reminds me of an incident that happened last April, when almost everyday it rained heavily too I was feeling such restlessness I  needed a walk to anchor me back into my body.  It was raining but no lightning or thunder.  Topping my t shirt with a light hoodie, I stepped out  Since I was unsteady, I needed both my walking poles.  As such I had no hands to hold an umbrella  The rain was not heavy, just a drizzle that was not even continuous.  I enjoyed the cool weather.  When I was in elementary school, rain on my way home from school was a welcome relief. Life was particularly brutal when I was eight.  I had no shoes nor books.  Rain helped me handle the hot bitumen.  Rain also created a cocoon where it was easier to be in my own world.  I could be oblivious to everything except to what I created in my head.  It shielded me from my father passing by with my sister on his bi...