Crooked Shapes Around Boulders

 
In the same way water trickles into even the tiniest cracks between boulders, her personality had formed into crooked shapes around the hard structure of her Chinese upbringing. Susie Yang in White Ivy
 

Developing your own sense of self in an Asian or Asian American household can be like water trying to find its way around immovable boulders. There may be expectations, hopes, and pressures given to you in your Asian American family that seem to be immutable, and you may feel stuck by those pressures of your upbringing. What are some boulders in your own family? And how have you found your way through, around, or between those expectations?

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