Every year on this day, March 14th I contemplate about everything that’s happened in the past year, and see where I’ve grown, changed or become better at. I was born on this day, 46 years ago in Taipei, Taiwan to a 27 year old Taiwanese woman whom I owe my life to, my mom.
I was always told that on that day, my dad was in Saude Arabia, on a business trip, and when he read the telegram that I was a girl, he wasn’t so excited. Little did he know that when I grew up, I would be the one he loved and is proud of the most. In Taiwan back then, everyone wanted boys more than girls, it was just how the culture was. No offense to females, but having a penis was and somewhat still is more revered. But I’ve worked on myself for long enough, and today I am proudest of who I am than ever before. It took a lot of work to get here, but I am so grateful I was able to work on myself to get to this point of fulfillment.
For the next 365 days, I will live in the present moment as much as I can, do what I love to do, put myself out there in the world, tell people how I feel about them, and take good care of myself. Just like pi, there’s really no pattern, no rhyme or reason, and no end to who I am, and will become. 3.141592654 is what my older brother John taught me to remember when I was in second grade, and I want to remember a few more digits of pi this year. Let’s see how many more I can recite next year.
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