Posts tagged family

The sun today is so glorious! It reminds me of Versailles, when I got cranky because the sun was too bright and I had a headache (and no sunglasses because they broke) and my dad poked me along the wide path in the middle of the gardens with no shade because we needed to hustle back to Paris if we wanted to go to Musee Rodin.  I loved the musical gardens a lot and for the first time since about age 15, when I still took art class and felt inspired to paint like Cezanne (it was a phase.  I painted apples we picked, but they had turned out like big red blobs and thus I stopped painting), I sat next to my dad and painted a picture. 

Walking along the shaded path towards campus, I felt a little gloomy though.  For the first time in a long time, I missed my dad.  I guess we spent a lot of time together this summer (24 hours a day for 14 days, just the two of us!), much more than we do normally at home.  As a point of reference, the last time I missed my dad a lot was when I was 3 and he had left for China, and I thought every plane passing by was my dad’s plane. 

My parents came up for CNY and it was so very sweet. :) They brought up all the ingredients to make nummy dumplings.

…and then we took a family photo!!

I reeeeeeallly wish my mom looked more attractive in this picture buuut she’s showing how delicious those dumplings are, I guess. My dad looks adorable though. <3

Today my 58 year old father asked me if I stole and ate his candy.