It’s getting warmer these days. The air in my small hometown has softened, carrying that familiar Tet energy. More people are back. Suitcases rolling through narrow streets. Laughter returning to houses that stayed quiet for months. I am one of them, a daughter coming home. Yesterday, during my run, I felt a slight pain in […]
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Feb
Feb
Monday had stretched itself long and full. Work meetings flowed into student interviews, voices and stories weaving late into the night until almost 10 PM. By the time I closed my laptop, my body felt heavy, but my heart was strangely calm. There are days like that, days that take so much from you, then […]
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May
May
It rained a lot on Saturday night in Hatinh, my hometown. In fact, it poured. The kind of heavy rain that turns roads into rivers and whispers quietly of change. By morning, I learned from the news that many farmers had lost their crops to the unexpected flood. Flooding isn’t typical for this time of […]
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Jan
Jan
As dawn broke over Tan Son Nhat International Airport, a familiar yet long-missed figure emerged from the crowd. My little brother, now an independent young man, waved at me, dragging two suitcases behind him. It had been over a year since we last met, and the boy who once relied heavily on my guidance in […]