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English.Learn with Lena - Online Classes!

English.Learn with Lena www.englishlearnwithlena.com Email:  mdawnalleva@gmail.com or Instagram account: @mdawnalleva and https://www.instagram.com/mdawnalleva/ Marlena Alleva /  Facebook   <3   LinkedIn   Based in Somerville, Massachusetts 02145 See you soon! Online and in-person lessons at:  Arlington, Cambridge, & Boston public libraries!!! Now enrolling for ongoing small group classes online! ($5 for one hour; $10 for two hours)        

Заљубио сам се у српски језик. / Zaljubio sam se u srpski jezik. / I fell in love with the Serbian language.

"So, Lena? What actually happened?" said no one ever. No one ever asked me for the real story, truth. Yes, I fell in love a few years ago. With a man, but also with his language. Now, this lovely boy is buried under the earth in his native land, Serbia. His memorial was in New Hampshire. I was in Texas at the time, so I missed the crash, I missed his coma, I missed his dying breath, I missed his memorial service, I missed the newspaper reporters and their articles in the paper, I missed his fianceé's tears. I did not, however, forget his language. Volim te, duša moja. I will love you forever, my soul. <3 I did not forget to smoke his favorite cigarette, three of the long tobacco kisses that tasted like him. These were my very first cigarettes ever smoked in my life, but I remembered their smell from Erol. These were my very last cigarettes for a long time. I smoked one on the day that I heard of his passing. I smoked the second on the day of his m...