Day 2

8:40 am - family pincushion

Those little babies circling the pincushion are quite therapeutic. When I was little and angry, I would prick their faces with needles. I always felt a little guilty afterward, so I'd treat them by washing their faces and smoothing their hair. Wai po (my Chinese grandmother) told me that she knows how to make them, but I haven't learned. I think I was more enthralled with the idea that they are attached to the pincushion at only their hands and feet, which meant that I could easily free them if I was willing to incur the wrath of mom.