We raised our daughter in China and Cambodia. Now she's not sure she wants to leave Los Angeles.

The author's family moved to China and Cambodia for four years.

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I showed my daughter a video of her gnawing on a chicken claw, back when we lived in China. "Eww," she says, annoyed that I'm asking her to look away from Roblox."Do you remember this?" I ask. She shakes her head. Another memory lost.My daughter doesn't remember much about the years we lived abroad. She was just 3 when my husband and I decided to leave Los Angeles for China, then Cambodia. Now she's almost 10. We've been back in Los Angeles since she was 5, when the pandemic changed our plans.She has been forgetting the things she lovedWhen we first got back, she hated her car seat. "I want a tuk-tuk!" she'd yell from the backseat.

The author's daughter is starting to forget the things she loved when she was little.

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