Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Growing Up
My parents just visited me in Amsterdam this past weekend. As an only child, I am very close to them and get particularly attached right after spending a lot of time with them. When I am with them, I feel very comfortable reverting to the child's role (although they feel more like best friends to me now than parents), and I miss the times when we lived together in one household. Once they leave, it always takes me a few days to re-adjust to life on my own and to appreciate my independence again. Going through this process is always a bit strenuous emotionally especially when I am confronted by my greatest fear that they won't be around some day. I have a proclivity to get overly-attached to people, places, and things in general and suffer from the overwhelming nostalgia for the past. I want to work on this because I don't think it's very healthy, but I'm not sure how.
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Hey Ting-ting,
If your dad read this blog entry, he'd probably laugh himself silly. Maybe that doesn't translate properly into English, but such are the limits of blogger.com... Or is it? "笑死了" would be the operative phrase.
Anyway, while some might say that "growing up" strictly involves the liberation of one's identity from their parents', I would posit that it's an appreciation for their role in who you are today, and a recognition of your feelings of attachment as a natural result of the affection you all share for one another that are a true measure of how much you've grown.
Looks like a lot! Hope you're having fun in Amsterdam!
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