dear dad - by shani - skin contact

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i wish I could write this letter in mandarin

There are stories you've told me over the last 20 years I still tell myself at night. How you loved to eat canned peaches when you were sick in elementary school. How you pulled a mattress from the dumpster when you first came to the US as a PhD student. I tell myself these things because they make sense, I feel myself carrying these pieces of you with me. Your sweet tooth and resilience. Dad, do you remember that afternoon in late October on the playground next to our apartment? Back when we lived in a different country — one that touches the edges of my memories, your home when you…

dear dad - by shani - skin contact

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