KUAN-YU STANLEY LIN

There are things you may never hear from the person you expect most.

Tim’s mother died in childbirth just after bringing him, her first child, into the world. Something about this family snapped from that moment. His father snarls at God, accusing Him of ruining his life. He dissipates his life with work because Tim’s beautiful eyes remind him of his beloved wife. Little Tim, on the other hand unaware of the concept of death, spends much of his childhood in the family’s huge house, drawing pictures, alone. He never presents his paintings to his father because they upset him. As he grows up and learns about his mother, he blames himself especially when his birthday approaches every year. Distance has hardened Tim and his father’s hearts over the years, until someone reminds them that Tim is born because of love, and more importantly, they are never alone.