Not Everything Translates

Tag: net

  • NET is like china

    As I was waking up this morning, it struck me that NET is like China.

    I’ve been to China once. It wasn’t a long stay. A work trip of about a week, with factory visits in southern China and a few days of sightseeing in Shanghai on my way home. But really, I can’t say that I’ve been there. I’ve been to a few micro-fragments of China.

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  • The day I got my diagnosis

    I lie on the bed with my husband.
    We wait.

    We hold each other in silence.
    Sometimes one of us breaks into tears—quick, sharp sobs—then quiet again.

    Time stretches.
    And still, nothing prepares me for what I am about to do.

    The front door opens.
    “Hello? Mom?”

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