Eden Onpeng

tales, truths, and threads pulled loose

trauma

September 26, 2025

We Were Bold, We Were Six

At school we played boldly, unaware how soon innocence would splinter beneath heavier cracks. Continue reading

life, trauma

childhood, creativenonfiction, family, life, memoir, memory, trauma, vignette, writing
July 21, 2025

The Perfect Daughter: a short story

A mother gloats about how she successfully molded her daughter into the perfect traditional daughter, only to be surprised. Continue reading

trauma

abuse, abusive parents, asian daughters, asian fathers, asian moms, asian mothers, asian parents, chinese american, emotional abuse, family, fiction, flash fiction, horror, immigrant parents, life, love, mental abuse, psychological horror, sexual abuse, short story, tiger moms, writing
April 1, 2025

emerging from the grief cocoon and into springtime

On the surface I seem to be getting by all right—I go to work, chitchat with my coworkers, wring my hands at meetings, and get things done. Then I come home, I make supper, I hang out and laugh with my husband and cat, and occasionally hang out with friends. The litter box is still Continue reading

life, trauma

family, grief, healing, life, love, mental-health, narcissistic abuse, trauma, waves