The only thing I heard as I walked out the door was the sound of my mother's voice ringing in my ears.
"Ho Chi Kuei", cold, distant and scathing as usual. (204)
"Ho Chi Kuei", a reminder of what I was, female, woman.
"Ho Chi Kuei", the phrase that fuels my determinism.
While walking down the dirt road to my friend's house, I made an oath to myself, "I will do whatever I want, no matter what stand in my way". No one is going to make me marry a man, I can go to college, become a lumberjack (47), all without being under my mother's jurisdiction. I'm free.
I walked up the baby blue steps leading to her door, I raised my hand to knock but I couldn't bring myself to. Resting my head against the door I started to feel the weight of what I've
"Ho Chi Kuei", cold, distant and scathing as usual. (204)
"Ho Chi Kuei", a reminder of what I was, female, woman.
"Ho Chi Kuei", the phrase that fuels my determinism.
While walking down the dirt road to my friend's house, I made an oath to myself, "I will do whatever I want, no matter what stand in my way". No one is going to make me marry a man, I can go to college, become a lumberjack (47), all without being under my mother's jurisdiction. I'm free.
I walked up the baby blue steps leading to her door, I raised my hand to knock but I couldn't bring myself to. Resting my head against the door I started to feel the weight of what I've