Personal Story

I thought love was about holding on to someone… until life showed me that the greatest gift of love is awakening. Opening We met at the gym for months. Altogether, we only talked for about ten minutes. He suggested having coffee several times, but I always refused. Then in May, he told me he would be leaving soon. And he asked me to do him a favor: to finally have a coffee with him. So I did. We met at Starbucks — three times, three cups of coffee over three weeks. And somewhere between those conversations, I saw love in his eyes, and I fell in love with him. And then, as planned, he left. The Gift of Leaving I used to think meeting him was the best gift of my life. Because he awakened me. He saw me. He recognized me. He mirrored back a part of me I had forgotten. ...

The Sky Heals Me Now My mother-in-law visited today. She came to pick up food — for Amy, our 15-year-old corgi. Amy entered our lives the same time my marriage did. My husband brought her home right after our wedding. I loved him. so I loved her. I bought a secondhand dress and shoes for the wedding ceremony — just $100. But I spent four months’ salary to bring Amy with us to Taipei. I used to walk Amy and another dog, holding my daughter’s tiny hand — while carrying my son in my belly. I washed Amy myself. Trimmed her fur. one and half year ago, amy couldn’t stand on her own. so i took her for acupuncture for a whole year. then acupuncture does work. i took her to do hyperbaric oxygen chamber therapy for last six months. ...