Tag Archives: Growing Up

The Days You’d Waited at the Stations…for Me

A daughter, who’s been, estranged from her father too long, and, it’d finally dawned on her, that her father, loved her so, but it was, too late, he’d, passed away, translated… My mother called, told me, that the newest station … Continue reading

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The Very First Red Envelopes from My Sons

Watching her sons, becoming, adults, translated… “Mom, happy New Year, hope you have everything you ever dream of this year!”, last year on New Year’s Eve, after the supper, my two sons who’d flown home from overseas, especially for the … Continue reading

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Our War…

They tell us, that this, is OUR war, that we must, go and fight for what we believed, our freedom! But, I can’t, bring myself, to do it, I mean, the war isn’t even in the country that I’m currently … Continue reading

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The Varied Roles of the Parents & Children, on Coming of Age

On parenting, translated… “Mom, you’d had raw fish again, hadn’t you! How many time do I have to tell you, that you need to watch out for germs when you eat raw foods…………”, my youngest son nagged on and on. … Continue reading

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Digging Up Bullets in Our Childhood Years

Memories of our youths, translated… We lived in the Songshan District, back when it wasn’t quite developed yet, at the edge of the city. One day, my younger brother returned home, pulled out a metal thing, covered with mud, slammed … Continue reading

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The Parent-Child Quality Time Shared in the Car

From the mind of a father, translated… Don’t know how other parents would interact with their young in the car? To tell the truth, I have little to NO experiences in this. Even if I’d spent six years, driving my … Continue reading

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Allowing the Child to Fly Solo, on Parent-Child Interactions

We have here, a “case” of the empty nest, translated… Awhile ago, I’d gathered with a couple of my long-time-no-see former classmates at Ling’s house. The moment we walked into her door, we all saw Ling, with a huge frown … Continue reading

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