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Belonging in America
How does one prepare for parenthood?
Fragmented notes from the third trimester.
Jun 12, 2025
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Yuezhong
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If not here, then where?
On uprooting, impermanence, and finding home.
Apr 30, 2025
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America is a casino and I am still here rolling the dice.
On witnessing and embodying history.
Nov 12, 2024
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Turning 30
twelve years away from home.
Jul 22, 2024
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Yuezhong
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I cannot stop thinking about John Muir's Chinese cook.
"Everyone got rich during the Gold Rush, except for the Chinese."
Apr 11, 2024
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Moving again: what we keep and part with tell us who we are.
Packing and unpacking is a rite of passage that leads us into a new phase in life.
Mar 29, 2024
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What do we do for Thanksgiving?
There’s no family Thanksgiving tradition for us, but we’re creating our own now, first-generation style.
Nov 22, 2023
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Yuezhong
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The First Day of a New Life
a beginning and an end.
Oct 31, 2023
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Yuezhong
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The Joy and Sorrows of Moving
No matter how many times I have moved, it never gets easier.
Apr 1, 2023
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Yuezhong
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On Lunar New Year
when homesickness feels the most poignant & starting my own new year's tradition in America.
Jan 27, 2023
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Yuezhong
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