I love my mother. My mother also loves me very much. I have not seen her for a long time. I think about her in the daytime. At night, I dream of her in my dreams. When she left home, she told me that she would come back soon. It has been four months and she still has not returned home. Adults said it is painful to experience separation from your family and the passing away of your family member. Now I realize how painful it is.

The Chinese government has detained my mother without good reason and without stating how long she would be detained. I do not know when she can come home. I am always thinking of my mother and that makes me unable to concentrate on my studies. My father also cannot concentrate on his work. He is a taxi driver and it is dangerous for him and for the passengers.

My mother had serious rheumatism and had to often lie in bed. We worried about her life. After she practiced Falun Dafa, her health improved every day and finally she totally recovered. The whole family was happy about her recovery. The accusations about Falun Dafa by the Chinese government are wrong. Falun Dafa is not harmful to people. It is good for people. I also practice Falun Dafa.. The book teaches us how to follow the principles of "Truthfulness, Benevolence, and Forbearance" to develop good conduct so as to become a good person of high standard. My cold hands and feet have become warm after I practice Falun Dafa. My whole family has benefited from practicing Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa gave my mother a second life. Adults taught me that when we received a drop of water, we should return it with a pond of water. What my mother got was a new life! Therefore she has to tell people the truth about Falun Dafa. When the Chinese Consulate in Sydney refused to accept our letters to the Chinese government, my mother returned to China in order to tell the government face to face how good Falun Dafa is. She has been detained for more than four months. I do not know how long she will be detained. I am very afraid right now.

In her letter dated 13 May, she said that she had already been on a hunger strike for more than 50 days and was often force-fed. She had been beaten up in jail simply because she wanted to keep on doing the Falun Dafa exercises in jail in order to keep up her health. I feel very sad for my mother. I really do not know how she is now.

Mother, I am thinking of you. Would the Chinese government please respect human rights and release my mother.

A daughter thinking of mother,

Bella