Tiptoe

It has been almost a week since mother left home. The ten-year-old girl Jiajia and her seven-year-old brother Kai try to follow their mother’s daily routines while waiting for her to come back. Their father’s work is busy as usual. The grown-up world stays in its everyday orbit. Jiajia tries to maintain the usual daily life with Kai, but it has not been easy for her. Through tiptoeing, trying so hard to keep mother’s routines, the strangeness and clumsiness of the attempts keep reminding her of the stings of the mother’s absence, just like the over-grown fringe getting into her eyes.