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Home Sweet Home

The messy, old, but cozy family room is my favorite part of the house. Every time my family and I go on a vacation for more than a week, I wonder how quiet it is without anybody around. I imagine hearing ominous creaks every few minutes, and my dog barking at a random stranger for a long time. I enjoyed the times when my family was curled up on the couches, watching my dad’s favorite Chinese drama. It’s a luxurious moment, although things might not have been perfect. Happy times like this don’t just come with a snap of a finger, so treasure every second of it when you’re in one.

A Little Bird

My grandparents visit every two years or so in the summer. When I was little, they would rock me to sleep to a lullaby about a little bird. The song says that a little bird glides through the air with her mother. They spread their wings and soar up, down, and all the other directions.

Then, when I grew a bit older, my grandpa made up movements to got with the song. As the song starts, you lift up your arms so they’re in a straight line. Throughout the song, you slowly lift a leg up in the air. By the end of the lullaby, you end up looking like a little bird flying around in the sky.

I’ve remembered every word and pitch to that song to this day. Every night, when I’m having trouble sleeping, I think of the cozy and short song my grandparents sung. My thoughts drift to the image of my grandma and grandpa’s face, and even though my family is visiting them again next summer, I miss them very much.