Jessica Zong

The Performance

The day her grandmother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Judith lost her journal. It was a black notebook with a soft cover and ivory-colored pages. After searching everywhere – her grandmother’s house, the practice room at school, and the cashier counter at the restaurant where she worked part time – Judith eventually accepted that the notebook was lost. When she told her grandmother, she saw a smile on her grandmother’s face: “Don’t worry, Jude. I will get you another one.”