This piece has been at the top of my TBR pile since we connected Heidi, and I’m so glad I finally got around to it! You describe the complex experience of growing up as a second generation immigrant with poignance and insightful accuracy — the struggle of trying to navigate the differences between the Western world in which we live and the Eastern families in which we are born and grow up. What a beautiful way for you and your Dad to reconcile 💛
I so loved reading this! I’ve been going a Bible study of Ephesians and the verse in chapter 2 about us being fellow citizens one with another is such a lovely concept. God can bring together those from different backgrounds and expectations. Thank you so much for sharing this, Heidi!
Thanks for reading Anna. It's such a precious story and a miracle of grace that we don't take for granted. Saying a prayer for you and your bro, that God can close the cultural chasm which exists between you both!
This is a redemptive story, lovingly told. It’s so easy to miss the hard details of our parents’ lives that made them into who they were when we were young—and it’s easy to think that they will never change. Thank you for sharing, and praise God for the healing and beauty he brought to you and your father!
Hey Amos, thanks for stopping by and for reading our story! You make such good points in regards to lacking empathy for parents and thinking they are incapable of change. This was definitely true for me and a sign of my immaturity. Growth in empathy and hope was definitely the work of the Spirit, and not something I mustered up by my own strength!
This is good and doing good. Thank you for talking about healing too.
You’re so welcome! Thanks for reading ☺️
This piece has been at the top of my TBR pile since we connected Heidi, and I’m so glad I finally got around to it! You describe the complex experience of growing up as a second generation immigrant with poignance and insightful accuracy — the struggle of trying to navigate the differences between the Western world in which we live and the Eastern families in which we are born and grow up. What a beautiful way for you and your Dad to reconcile 💛
Thanks again, Ruhie! Your readership means so much to me! X
I so loved reading this! I’ve been going a Bible study of Ephesians and the verse in chapter 2 about us being fellow citizens one with another is such a lovely concept. God can bring together those from different backgrounds and expectations. Thank you so much for sharing this, Heidi!
Hey Bekah, thanks for reading this story which means so much to my Dad and I! I’m glad it resonates with all that you’re learning from Ephesians.
Heidi 😭😭😭
A cultural chasm that only Jesus could bridge, and that He did. Praise God. And thank you for sharing.
I stand in a cultural chasm at the moment with my brother and this story give me hope that God can cross ANY chasm in Jesus name! 🙏🏼🧡
Thanks for reading Anna. It's such a precious story and a miracle of grace that we don't take for granted. Saying a prayer for you and your bro, that God can close the cultural chasm which exists between you both!
What a gorgeous story! Thank you for sharing. So glad your dad found Jesus through you!
Thanks for stopping by to read our story, Alice! It’s very precious, and not something I take for granted!
This is an absolutely beautiful story. What a testimony to God's grace and kindness!
Hi Kym! Thanks for stopping by and for reading our story 🧡
This is a redemptive story, lovingly told. It’s so easy to miss the hard details of our parents’ lives that made them into who they were when we were young—and it’s easy to think that they will never change. Thank you for sharing, and praise God for the healing and beauty he brought to you and your father!
Hey Amos, thanks for stopping by and for reading our story! You make such good points in regards to lacking empathy for parents and thinking they are incapable of change. This was definitely true for me and a sign of my immaturity. Growth in empathy and hope was definitely the work of the Spirit, and not something I mustered up by my own strength!
Beautiful.
Thank you Susan, for reading this story which means so much to my Dad and I!