Chapter 1: An Unexpected Awakening Today was the birthday of my mother, who passed away last year. I stopped by a flower shop, chose a modest-sized bouquet from the display, and headed to the park cemetery. Even though it had been a while since I’d gone to see my mother, a sense of gloom, rather than joy, clung to my feet, dragging b...
Chapter 1: An Unexpected Awakening Today was the birthday of my mother, who passed away last year. I stopped by a flower shop, chose a modest-sized bouquet from the display, and headed to the park cemetery. Even though it had been a while since I’d gone to see my mother, a sense of gloom, rather than joy, clung to my feet, dragging behind me. It was probably because I knew I could never see her again. My mother, a single woman, was raising me alone when she passed away from lung cancer. It was an expected outcome, considering she had been exposed to heavy metals for over 10 hours a day in a factory for 20 years. After she was gone, I was left alone, living a listless life with a void in my heart. I walked straight to my mother’s grave, finding it easily among the countless others. I sat in
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