DoDW – Touch Down
Touch Down – Nanjing Airport – 2/27/2015 My feet touched the ground, and my heart knew it was home. This is the story I want to tell.
Tag Archives: China
DoDW – Lucky Girl
Flight CA1503 Pek-Nkg – 2/27/2015 Unlike my last flight, I was not in business/first class, but that’s fine. I’m used to economy class. This short flight was particularly memorable for […]
DoDW – Beijing International Airport
Beijing International Airprot – 2/27/2015 I followed the professor for a while. He was a determined walker with significantly longer legs than me. He veered left, into the men’s room, […]
DoDW – Departure Day
Departure Day – 2/25/2015 My mom and dad woke me up early in the morning in order for us to arrive at the airport in time. I’m not sure if […]
Diary of a Diasporic Woman – Part 1
I was recently asked to write about my time abroad. Since coming back to relationships and cities that seem relatively unaltered, it has been easy to pocket my experiences […]
Nanjing Massacre Museum
I have many stories from my time in Nanjing, China that I have yet to write on publicly. It’s taken me a while to settle back in and get into a […]
What’s Wrong with Nihao
It was about quarter to noon when my stomach began rumbling, signaling to me that it was time to have an early lunch. Lost in my own thoughts, I casually […]
When Safe Spaces Aren’t Safe
Wednesday afternoon was a cool, crisp, quintessential fall day. The sun was high in the sky just past noon, poking through the leaves on the trees casting perfect shadows on […]
From Home, To Home
I am writing to report that last week I came back to the United States, to the city I grew up in, and to the parents who have encouraged me every step […]
Balancing Two Worlds: Creating A Unified Identity
Walking down a crowded street, surrounded by a sea of other Chinese faces and bodies leaves me with this sense of anonymity I am unable to find at home. There […]
Red Thread Broken 