I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia, grew up wearing leg braces or being immobilized with casts and having to use walkers. I've had sticks and stones literally thrown at me. It's definitely been a journey for me learning how to love myself, and especially as a Chinese American daughter who is just struggling to get through adulthood and find my own way while overcoming generational trauma, combating racism, and staying true to myself along the way
Deborah Pardes
@DBPardes · 0:18
Kaishi. I wanted to welcome you to Swell, and I just saw that you replied to the coming to America Swell that I posted, so I dug in to discover you here. So I'm going to reply to you back in the post that I created. But I'm really, really happy you're here, and thank you for this beautiful welcome. Swell
Hi, Kaishi. I wanted to just jump on here and welcome you to Swell. So happy that you're here. I actually found your profile this morning when I opened the app, and I am very much looking forward to hearing more of your swells about your journey. And you mentioned anecdotes, so I'm looking forward to those. And welcome to swell
Swell Team
@Swell · 0:15
Kaixi Zhang
@xiwriteslove · 1:30
And then I will try to respond to other swells as well. A lot with social media, it's just like there's this and then there's that. And then I of course use other avenues like Instagram, so I have to keep up with that. And then just the days where you have to do all this stuff with your life in general that the rest of the world doesn't hear or see, that type of thing
