Mommy&Daddy

Mom and dad came to Taiwan two days ago! We went everywhere: Da Tong Mall, Rue Feng Nightmarket, my University, etc etc. It was definitely a wonderful two days with them.

Grandma and Dad

Mom and Taiwanese shaved ice 

After they left today, it made me reflect on many things. Instead of rewriting it, I'll just copy and paste what I wrote to my prayer group:

"I think it's really clicking now haha... everything. How I'm here, and new school, and everything. I think it's because I've finished all my government stuff: ID, health insurance, bank account, medical examinations.
I just hope I'll make some friends this year that can speak English, haha. All the people I've met so far... it's so hard to communicate. I never knew how much my chinese suck until now.

Anyways... yeah, parents came to visit... Had a good time shopping and eating with them after also. But now that they've left, I think it's really clicked that for the rest of my life, it'll be harder to see them instead of an hour train or car ride away...

It's just all the memories of me wanting to grow up fast, move out fast, so I can be independent and the now me regretting it ... now I am actually, really, alone and independent in the world now. 20 years old is so young... how come I never treasured those years when I had the chance to be a child with them? ...Haha I hate how all of this is clicking now! ... "




Mommy and daddy, thank you for loving me. Thank you for all the times when I rebelled, you embraced me when I turned back around; all the times when I was rude, you both still yet spoke to me gently; all the times you called to check up on me even when you both knew I wouldn't pick up with a loving, welcoming voice; all the times you both worked so hard to save and support this family. We were never considered blessed with a lot of money, but all the worldly treasures cannot replace what we've always had as a family. Love you both.

"Listen, my son, to your father's instruction
and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
They will be a garland to grace your
head
and a chain to adorn your neck."
Proverbs 1:8-9