List of things I left behind in China
And I think they're gone forever
One daisy duck stuffed animal that disappeared when my cousin and I were playing princesses
Snow (Gray with pollution)
One pond filled with goldfish that we would take home and care for when it snowed
Fifty goldfish that were constant inhabitants of our home (not part of the ones we took home when it snowed)
Twelve plants that we watered with the dirty fish poop water
Playing soccer with no net and no teams
Thinking I was athletic
A playroom with all of my toys stacked in bins, a toy cash register, and a mickey mouse carpet
One rabbit that I loved like I had never loved before (It ran away a few months later)
Two bookshelves of picture books that I’ll never read again
A tiny little convenience store that had no sanitation and would have been shut down immediately in the U.S.
A tiny little rocking chair shaped like a duck or some sort of flying bird (maybe it was a zebra).
The rocking chair operator, a grizzly cigarette-smoking man with change for the chair. I was his best customer.
A whole crowd and little gang of best friends.
My paternal grandfather’s and grandmother’s graves
Fresh-off-the-cart tanghulu and skewed kebabs
Believing that I was the most talented, prettiest, and happiest person on earth
Riding on a stone swan in a nearby park
Bottles of snails hidden in a corner that were gathered from the nearby park
A street vendor with the tiniest potatoes and tomatoes that I’d never eat, just look at and maybe chew
Gatherings with the whole family
Weekly dinners with close family
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