Sgv Stories

A reflection of the poet's life

Growing up Toisanese (the real pronunciation is Hoisanese) in the San Gabriel Valley suburbs of Los Angeles, I was an awkward but observant Toisan Girl. I never really fit in anywhere - straddled between American and Chinese cultures as an ABC. Between a paranoid born-again Christian mother, and a rageful, hardworking father behind closed doors, I somehow survived. Many a misadventure unfolded through my coming of age years....

ℛ𝒽𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ𝓈 𝒯ℯ𝒹𝒹𝓎🍞❤️, 𝒯ℯ𝒹𝒹𝓎 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ𝓈 ℛ𝒽𝒾𝒶𝓃 ❤️🍞; 𝒥𝒶𝓅ℯℯ𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒜𝓇𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓇ℯ 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓉ℯ𝓂 💗🐍🖤( 𝓉ℯ𝓁𝓁 𝒥ℯ𝓈𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒷𝒾𝓉𝒸𝒽ℯ𝓈 𝒶𝓇ℯ 𝒷𝒶𝒸𝓀 😼) ; 𝒜ℊ𝒶𝓉𝒽𝒶 𝓉𝒶𝓀ℯ𝓈 𝒟ℴ𝓋ℯ𝓎'𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒸ℯ 𝒶𝓈 𝒹ℯ𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝒻𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓈𝒽ℯ'𝓈 𝒷ℯℯ𝓃 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁ℯ𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒥𝒶𝓅ℯ𝓉𝒽 ; 𝒟ℴ𝓉 𝒷ℯ𝒸ℴ𝓂ℯ𝓈 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓃ℯ𝓌 𝓈𝒸𝒽ℴℴ𝓁 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉ℯ𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝓁ℯ 𝒦ℯ𝒾 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓁ℴ𝓌𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃ℊ 𝒾𝓃 𝓁ℴ𝓋ℯ 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽ℯ𝓇🦋💕✋🫧💍