2024年7月4日,受孙稀凝(Eddie)的热情邀请,我们一家来到了达拉斯。这一周我们有很多相处的时间,结果真正录音的机会却少之又少。我们两个工作的父亲只能在孩子上学或午睡的间隙,抓住片刻,来一起回忆我们的童年。
我们1997年在广西桂林市滨江小学相识,从一年级到六年级一直是同班同学,两家只隔一条街。这次聊天让我意识到:即使身处同一时空、经历相同事件,不同的人从中看到的、感受到的却完全不同。这就是回忆访谈的魅力——好像重新认识了当年的发小,也重新认识了当年的自己。
On July 4th, 2024, our family was warmly invited to Dallas by Eddie (Sun Xining). We had a week full of time together, but ironically, very little time for recording. As two working fathers, we had to steal moments during school hours or naptime to reflect on our childhood.
We met back in 1997 at Binjiang Primary School in Guilin, Guangxi. From first to sixth grade, we were in the same class, and our families lived just a street apart. Through this conversation, I realized something powerful: even when you share the same time and place, and go through the same events, the way we experience and interpret them can be very different.
That’s the beauty of reminiscing—it’s like getting to know your childhood best friend all over again… and rediscovering yourself along the way.