Written by Eric Li from Texas, USA The first time Grandma disabled Mom’s petunia sprinkler system, I thought it was a betrayal of American values. Those pink flowers were Dad’s Mother's Day gift that had survived three Texas droughts. I watched from my bedroom window as Grandma’s shadow fell across the flowerbed. Her rough hands, still cracked from cold Heilongjiang (the most northern province in China) winters even after five years in Texas, twisted the water valve shut with
