初夏的早晨，气温宜人，跑步十分舒服。耳边除了清脆的鸟鸣，还有久违的蛙声——在加拿大好像从未听到过。蛙声此起彼伏，震动着我的耳膜。让我感受到它们旺盛的生命力，和对这个世界不加掩饰的热情——仿佛它们才是这里真正的主人。鸟与蛙时而合奏、时而独鸣，让清晨显得宁静而又富有生气。
回国探亲之旅 – 南航启程篇
今天开启了回国探亲之旅，小儿子随行。这次选择的是南方航空。印象中我很少乘坐南航，订票前特意查了一下资料，才发现它在全球航空公司中的口碑还不错。更让我意外的是，它竟然允许托运两件行李，这在当下航空公司中已经不常见了。
Just Let Me Drive!
The day I picked my husband up from the airport, on the drive home, he didn’t offer to take the wheel as I expected.
Hmm… maybe he was tired.
Or maybe… he read my blog and decided to give me more space?
While I was driving and wondering, I suddenly saw his hand reach over—
When My Husband is Away …
Last week, my husband went back to China again to visit his mother—you might remember I started another article with this same sentence before. Yes, he’s been making these trips quite often in recent years.
But I don’t mind. In fact, I even look forward to it…
A Celebration of Self: My Next Chapter
One January night after Christmas, I sat at my computer, working on my articles. My husband was beside the fireplace reading, while Sparky, our dog, curled up at his feet, asleep. The house was quiet. It felt a bit different. I lifted my eyes, and my gaze landed on the piano. Yes, this was it—its master, my older son, Ben, had just moved out!
南方人的北方梦：我的包子炼成记
我是南方人，但我却偏爱面食，尤其是包子。在我看来，做包子有三大难关：第一是发面，第二是揉面，第三是包包子时的收口工序。每次我都在第一道工序就败下阵来，最后不得不草草收场，吃几天夹肉的面疙瘩。因此，不仅是包子，连馒头我都很少尝试。这次圣诞假期，孩子们的姑姑从美国过来，无意间提到她喜欢吃包子，于是我下定决心再尝试一次。
Simplicity
At that moment, I realized that human interactions really can be simple and pleasant. Sometimes, in trying to prepare for the worst, we overcomplicate things and miss out on the ease that comes from genuine connections. I couldn’t help but feel my last-minute gesture of offering him a discount kind of spoiled the simplicity and was unnecessary at all.