南方以南 ｜ The Morning Snow

Once upon a time, I learned some words:

Sometimes you start a journey, and you don’t know where it leads.

Now I know. It leads to what you have been asking for, because God answers our prayers.

Before I came to God, I had many visits to various fortune-tellers. For most times, I completely forgot what they said after one day and a half. But there is one thing I can always remember, because it’s been repeated by most of those tellers – Great talents take time to develop, and I am one of those people. This includes my career AND my marriage.

Well, honestly, since I “knew” about this, I had been expecting some late success. I will find my guy, and I will find my way. It just takes some time. The only thing that I had never expected was: it takes SO long.

I made myself from a small town AKA big village to an international super city. I made myself adapted to the local culture. I made friends with local people. I made my way from a salesperson in a small startup trading company to a buyer in a public organization. I have met guys who treated me really well but were not liked by my dad. I have dated guys who treated me with silence, ghosting, and gaslighting, and caused me traumatize to silence and waiting. I knew them in school, in friends’ gathering, and online…

For people as stubborn as me, it does take a lot of lessons to learn and grow. Good news is, they might have beaten me for a while, but I never gave up. They led me to God. And when they wounded me and left me, I didn’t leave God. And God took me from there, (after a lot of teaching), and finally take me to where I am and who I am today.

June 15th, 2024. Saturday. Sunny. I am engaged with a great guy who loves God and loves me. I am trying my every effort to make another transition in life, from a retail buyer in HK to a freelance translator, interpreter, and copywriter in CA so that I can have the flexibility to take care of my beloved fiancé (soon-to-be husband) and our little family in the future.

Looking back, I don’t regret on any of the miserable experience and terrible mistakes. I only feel grateful, for that God called me to Him, for that I didn’t give up looking for my guy, and for that he didn’t give up looking for me.

And Dad, happy Father’s Day. I trust that you have known everything from Heaven and that you are happy about Jonathan and you are glad about my decision.

I am engaged, ahhhhhhhh~~~~~ I am the most blessed girl in the world. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.