2) I believe my parents expect me now to have a good education, which is the expectation of most parents in China. Then they expect me to land a satisfactory job after my graduation to support myself. Of course, they also expect honesty an...
They left the corner of the screen door be, creating an opening, a breach (裂缝) in the defense against unwanted insects.For years, every time I saw that corner of the screen, it would constantly remind me of my mistake. For years I knew that everyone in my family would see that ...
We shouldn’t pick on them when we all have our blind spots, and what follows may be mine. This Lent is pervaded by news of crushingly inhumane federal policies which benefit the rich at the expense of the poor. It’s the kind of gross injustice the Hebrew prophets railed against, and...
‘Well not fired exactly and not your fault of course. It’s just that I really need to get this document off in the next 5 minutes and it’s very difficult trying to concentrate on it while home-schooling too.’ A moment of parenting glory. I should write a book with my top positi...
and now he’s been suspected of sabotaging the circus that’s become his whole life. Ren is already coping with family, and keeping secrets of her own – but she can’t resist a mystery. Will Ren’s penchant for solving puzzles bring the case against Zep to rights, or will digging fur...
But the shame around women who drank and got drunk in public was against everything that the nuns and society had ever taught her. It was a terrible humiliation and embarrassment. Shirley hated Bill for what he had done to Eileen, and she hated Eileen for what she had done to herself, ...
I have always been a reader, and fortunately, I had the kind of parents who put up with my (obsessive) habit. I read in bed, on couches, at the kitchen table, while walking down the street, leaning against trees, and even in movie theaters and concerts (I never left home without a...
A beloved poet once insisted we should rage against the dying of the light, but I say to myself don’t hide from the darkening sky. Seek out the eye of the storm and walk upright in your bones, bold and welcoming. But don’t stomp. Go gently. Go with such grace that even your ...
dwelt not my wife but the Divine Mother悠 take this solemn vow: I shall be your disciple, a celibate follower, ever caring for you in silence as a servant, never speaking to anyone again as long as I live. May I thus atone for the sin I have today committed against you, my guru....
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