"Here is how I came to love my mother. How I saw in her my own true nature. What was beneath my skin. Inside my bones" (40).
"Shou", which means respect, is very important in Asian culture. To An Mei-Hsu's mother, respect is everything. Cutting into the skin, which represents the flesh and bone of the mother, was a form of respect. An Mei-Hsu learned that her mother believed in shou. She also grew to admire her, even though she was seen as a "ghost" by Popo.
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