Birth, Death, Marriage, and a Global Pandemic

Life lessons from the first quarter of 2020

Pamela
Family Matters
Published in
4 min readApr 18, 2020

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I began this year with a trip back home. I was scheduled to meet my newborn nephew, attend the funeral of my autistic friend who died way too soon, and watch my sister get married.

When I left China in January, I was already pondering life from several different angles.

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Pamela
Family Matters

I moved to China in 2011. Expat Mum. Freelance writer. Author of— The “M” Word: A Collection of Stories about Miscarriage & Hope.