"A Pair of Tickets" by Amy Tan

During the entire story Jing Mei seems to be haunted with anxiety because she is unsure of how her half-sisters will respond to her arrival.  What I found most interesting about this story was that although Jing Mei was extremely concerned how her estranged siblings would feel about her she never lost interest in learning about her family that still resided in China, which in turn, helped her to realize that family bonds run deeper than superficial emotions.  Everyone can take something away from the ending of "A Pair of Tickets" because it seeks to establish the importance of familial relationships and ethnic bonds.