Over lunch, while our son was out, my hubby, who is of mixed ethnicity shared that he is delayering the next level of feelings he has around having experienced a consistent and painful unbelonging around Korean people.
This is the kind of nuance most conversations about identity and belonging desperately need. The way you weave personal experience with bigger cultural patterns is powerful, like mapping constellations, but with human stories. And Tony’s wisdom? Gold. Some truths just echo through time.
<3 <3 <3 Thank you! I am delighted it clicked and you felt the essence of what I was trying to bring alive with the stories! Our truths and experiences rarely fit in boxes or cookie cutters unless they’ve been squished in before we were baked- and even then, we usually crumble from the pressure.
This is the kind of nuance most conversations about identity and belonging desperately need. The way you weave personal experience with bigger cultural patterns is powerful, like mapping constellations, but with human stories. And Tony’s wisdom? Gold. Some truths just echo through time.
<3 <3 <3 Thank you! I am delighted it clicked and you felt the essence of what I was trying to bring alive with the stories! Our truths and experiences rarely fit in boxes or cookie cutters unless they’ve been squished in before we were baked- and even then, we usually crumble from the pressure.
Exactly! The soul was never meant to fit a mold - only to expand, crack, and glow. Love how you put this. Grateful for your words! <3