When watching Yongjiu Grocery Store, I thought of you, grandpa. Even though you left us a long long time ago, the memory of you is still very much with me.

My favorite pass time was to wake you up from your afternoon nap before dinner. I would pile up blankets and pillows around you, and you would wake up because it’d be too hot. You would tickle me to death to “punish” me.

I love everythng about you except your cigarette smell. Because of your love for music, I came to love music too and I still prefer songs from the 70-80s till this day.

Thanks to you I grew up pampered, privileged and loved. You always gave me half of an apple to eat when the rest of the family had to share the other half. You threw me a big birthday party every year which became the subject of envy for the other kids in our neighborhood. You made sure I had a custom-made new dress for every New Year.

When the cruel kids called me names, I didn’t take it to heart, because I knew I am precious. When they mocked and laughed at my country-bumpkin accent, I thought, you guys would not be laughing right now if MY grandpa is here. You always took my side no matter what.

Though you might not be the best husband or the best father, you are the best grandpa a little girl could ever have.

I love you
and I miss you.
Today, I think of you.

Love, your little Rabbit
in February