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Senior Senior Chaoyang Lyu

My Giant,

My Guide

by Shirley Lyu

n my world, I have a giant. He is China, that my father works in the end, I found dozens of comments,
also a giant in our city, in China. government. They said that Father praising my father’s ability to work.
IWhen I was young, I did not is a very good person. He has made I was shocked. I’d never realized that
understand how great he was, but a lot of contributions to the city and my father’s reputation among the
as I grew older, I started to notice all has helped a lot of people. The work masses was so good. I had long been
he has done for me and for our city. he does deprives him of time with his angry with my father because I saw
He has become a guide for my life. family. My father’s excellent work him so rarely, but at that moment, I
Without his guidance, I might have ability has kept him promoted.
already lost my direction. This person The year that I went abroad, he
is my father, Chaoyang Lyu. became the mayor of our town,
Zhuji. (Ed. Note: Pop. 1,157,938)
My childhood impression of my When I was in the United
father is vague because I rarely saw States, I often chatted with my
him. I don’t remember if he ever mother, and occasionally, I
said “I love you” to me. He never saw my father on FaceTime.
attended my school open house, Mother said that Father is
sports meetings, parents’ activities. under pressure from his work.
My friends would ask, “Where is The job is so demanding that
your father? Why have we never seen one little error could affect
him?” Where was my father? I didn’t the development of an entire
know either. My mother vowed to city, so father needs to be very
me that father loved me very much; careful and work hard.
he just didn’t know how to show that
love to me. Usually, he came home My parents used to tell me
when I was asleep; when I woke up, that my father’s job at the
he was already at work. (When I was city was to sweep the floors. I
home last summer, I saw him on TV never knew what he did. But
more often than I saw him at home.) one day, my mother sent me a
report - it was a survey of the
As I grew older, I learned from leaders of the city government.
the elders in my city, Shaoxing, Father was ranked first. At the

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