I Think Sometimes As An Adult, You

And One Of The Interesting Things About Bound Feet Is That They Never Age.

Let Those Who Believe, Believe. Let Those Who Doubt, Doubt.

A Brave Heart? It Feels Like A Swollen And Aching Thing In My Chest.

How Can We Not Create A Fantasy In Our Minds When The Reality Is So Hard?

Mama Used To Tell Us A Story About A Cicada Sitting High In A Tree. It Chirps And Drinks In Dew, Oblivious To The Praying Mantis Behind It. The Mantis Arches Up Its Front Leg To Stab The Cicada, But It Doesn't Know An Oriole Perches Behind It. The Bird Stretches Out Its Neck To Snap Up The Mantis For A Midday Meal, But Its Unaware Of The Boy Who's Come Into The Garden With A Net. Three Creatures—the Cicada, The Mantis And The Oriole—all Coveted Gains Without Being Aware Of The Greater And Inescapable Danger That Was Coming.