the death of my chinese self

(and rebirth)

by catalina delapena

this marks a new genesis, a blank slate in which I can make into my own. a new place of tether, to love and to be loved.

recollections and ruminations about the death and rebirth of cultural identity. a cathartic, emotional dumping ground that explores adoption, loss, and the trauma that comes with a fractured sense of self.

(new) name: catalina louisa delapena

dob: ???

origin: ??? (found in Wuzhou, China)

an analysis of the in-between, a rebuilding of the shattered. living in the absence of what is, i wonder what i've left behind (and found) in this limbo.