widow – The Angry Typist

May 13, 2025

Fortunate Ones

For as long as I can remember, I knew that I would not grow old in Hong Kong. For as long as I can remember I knew that I would not even graduate from primary school in Hong Kong. The plan was always to vacate the tropical little island before it fell back into the Continue reading

China, Communism, Death, Fear of the Dark, Freedom, Funeral, Hong Kong, Immigration, New York, Nightmares, Open Casket, Selective emotional detachment, Tourettes, widow

April 8, 2025

It is I, the Harbinger

Years after Bàba’s passing, Māmā would randomly declare that this was a sign that she would be widowed at such a young age with two children. Or that was a sign that she would be widowed at such a young age with two children. These arbitrary outbursts would arise completely unprovoked, as if she Continue reading

Birthday, Cemetary, Death, Grave, Hallmark, Harbinger, Maine Coon, Mother’s Day, New York, Superstition, Universal Sign, widow

March 25, 2025

Latchkey Child

A high-pitched, repetitive electronic chirping rang off in the distance, growing increasingly louder until I recognized that it was the sound of my alarm clock. My eyes struggled to open under the layer of eye crust at the corners and I rolled onto my back, stretching everything. A combination of comforters and throw-blankets cinched around Continue reading

1980s, Grief, Latchkey, Mary Cooper, New York, Orphan, Sheldon Cooper, widow, Young Sheldon