Through her prospective

  Our EXPANDED family We come in XL sizes, with many 1 st cousins, It gets loud and rowdy but we all love it, So many people to have your back when you need it, Without them, sometimes life doesn’t feel very fulfilling.   Aunties and Uncles always telling you what to do, They only do it out of love for their own sibling’s kid(s), They want the best for you, even if it feels bossy to you, Sometimes it feels like they will not let up in their nosiness of your life.   They feed you every time you come around, Making you feel so warm and loved, They may not verbally coddle you, but they sure love you from the inside out, Making you wonder why you’ve ever moved away.   You long for home when you’re not with them ALL, You see all those pictures of celebrations that you missed on social media, And it makes you home sick, and deprived of the silent love you have been without, When you visit, all the feelings all renew and its hard to sa...

  Lightbulb moment When it happened, I realized, My culture is amazing! My people are amazing! We do some interesting things! Things that keep us close to our religion and culture.   Sometimes, even I am learning what everything means The language will be lost if not used, it’s already happening Religion has divided our people But when it comes down to it, we try to help one another   We are natural migrators So coming to the US after the Secret war, Was no new thing A scary thing, but not new We have over and over assimilated to Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam When casted out by mother China.   Still we thrived to make it across the great oceans We carry what we could on the backs of our grandmother and if lucky enough, Our grandfathers

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