Knocking on Heaven's Door

Two Single Parents, Ten Countries, One Dream

A single mother fleeing injustice. A widowed musician chasing hope. One journey across borders, hearts, and the thin line between survival and love.

I flee China with my son, chasing a future I can’t yet see. I expect danger. Hunger. Fear. But I don’t expect Chi Zhang—a quiet guitarist with a broken past and a daughter who reminds me what hope looks like.
We’re strangers when we meet in Istanbul, but survival binds us. From jungles to checkpoints, from smugglers to shelters, we endure every border hand in hand. Somewhere along the way, we become more than two parents on the run— we become a reason to believe in tomorrow.
In America, we finally begin to breathe. To build. To love.
Then a new policy threatens to tear it all away.

Now I must choose: fade into silence… or risk everything for the love we found, and the future they say we can’t have.
Because starting over is never the hardest part—leaving might be.