Perhaps because my mother and I are 35 years apart in age, and I am a middle child among many siblings, I had few opportunities to get close to her growing up. My only older sister was a full eight years older than me, and she married very young, and so we too had very little time together.
可能因為我與母親年齡差距了三十五歲，家中兄弟姊妹又多，排行中間的我，小時候較少機會和她親近；唯一的姊姊也長我八歲，很早就出嫁了，我們也甚少時間共處。