Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 2020 | Page 61

Hong Kong Young Writers Awards 2020
It’s been three years since I left the Greater Bay Area. I finally feel some peace. It’s been
seven years since my wife, Jade, disappeared. People say that time heals all wounds, but this
was one wound that needed more than time to heal. Each individual human experiences
growth in their own way, some people grow mentally and some grow physically. I needed to
lose everything that was comfortable to finally be able to grow and to heal my wounds.
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