MELISSA. FU

PEACH BLOSSOM SPRING.

kristie alexis

Lindsay

To know a story is to stroke the silken surfaces of loss, to feel the weight of beauty in his hands. 

To know a story is to carry it always, etched in his bones, even if dormant for decades.

To tell a story, he realises, is to plant a seed and let it grow.

‘Remember that to have an orchard is to honour the generations that came before and will come after.’

She cannot promise them external safety, but she can help them create their own internal reserves of beauty.

She was frightened, but she was also determined. These two feelings always go hand in hand.’

Her independence has been too hard won to relinquish to some man.

Maybe, Meilin thinks, it’s that you have to carry your regrets until you’ve made peace with them. Only then can you lay them down.

‘We can forgive without understanding. Sometimes we must. Maybe that’s what forgiveness is – accepting someone’s actions, even if there are no good explanations.’

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