Sichuan University My mom attended this university shortly after she left the army (my grandparents are military).  It feels super weird to be living and studying at the place where she once spent a portion of her life.   Even though my college is located halfway around the world from here, we had the same experiences:  studying hard, making new relationships with others, finding good food to eat, and having fun.   I feel this weirdness because every single event that she went through on this campus I now walk ultimately led to everything in her life right now, including me.  Every test she passed or failed, every person she did or did not meet, every decision to study or relax, every experience that shaped her being, all resulted in her graduation, the decision to move to America, the decision to raise a family, the decision to have me, and the decision to keep living.   I never really think about the consequences of my actions when I roll out of bed, put myself together, and live another day.  But all that life that my mom lived through and built up resulted in who I am today.  And everything I’m doing now is going to become the next step in life and the things after that and forever and ever…  What am I going to do next?  God probably knows, but it’s up to me to live it out. This summer, they’re having the 30 year class reunion, and I’ll be there instead of my mother.  It’s already been quite an experience at the medical campus and the hospital, but the reunion would be crazy.  In a way, the cycle has been complete.  It’s… my turn now?  Dang.  Thanks mom. — And it’s the 25th anniversary of the release of Ferris Bueller.  Favorite quote: Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Sichuan University

My mom attended this university shortly after she left the army (my grandparents are military).  It feels super weird to be living and studying at the place where she once spent a portion of her life.  

Even though my college is located halfway around the world from here, we had the same experiences:  studying hard, making new relationships with others, finding good food to eat, and having fun.  

I feel this weirdness because every single event that she went through on this campus I now walk ultimately led to everything in her life right now, including me.  Every test she passed or failed, every person she did or did not meet, every decision to study or relax, every experience that shaped her being, all resulted in her graduation, the decision to move to America, the decision to raise a family, the decision to have me, and the decision to keep living.  

I never really think about the consequences of my actions when I roll out of bed, put myself together, and live another day.  But all that life that my mom lived through and built up resulted in who I am today.  And everything I’m doing now is going to become the next step in life and the things after that and forever and ever…  What am I going to do next?  God probably knows, but it’s up to me to live it out.

This summer, they’re having the 30 year class reunion, and I’ll be there instead of my mother.  It’s already been quite an experience at the medical campus and the hospital, but the reunion would be crazy.  In a way, the cycle has been complete.  It’s… my turn now?  Dang.  Thanks mom.

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And it’s the 25th anniversary of the release of Ferris Bueller.  Favorite quote:

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.