I had not seen my mom in 3 years due to the pandemic. Hong Kong remains inaccessible due to travel bans and political challenges. As I spend my holidays alone for 3 years, with no family left in North America, I ask myself: what do I have left in the way of family, truths, and answers as I navigate through figuring what to cook for dinner, what to wear to a ball, loneliness and insecurities? Whatsapp messages. When it's 3am and I am wide awake, my mom has an answer on the other side of the planet at 3pm. She always says, 懂不懂? when she is trying to share with me something that she wishes I could understand, but has found peace and wisdom having passed through it. The lessons extend universally as messages from mothers to daughters.
I had not seen my mom in 3 years due to the pandemic. Hong Kong remains inaccessible due to travel bans and political challenges. As I spend my holidays alone for 3 years, with no family left in North America, I ask myself: what do I have left in the way of family, truths, and answers as I navigate through figuring what to cook for dinner, what to wear to a ball, loneliness and insecurities? Whatsapp messages. When it's 3am and I am wide awake, my mom has an answer on the other side of the planet at 3pm. She always says, 懂不懂? when she is trying to share with me something that she wishes I could understand, but has found peace and wisdom having passed through it. The lessons extend universally as messages from mothers to daughters.
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