“My uncle tried to kill my dad,” was my matter of fact answer…

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What if the ducks aren’t in a row? What if they are haphazardly placed in a zig zag pattern. What if…

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Success is at our fingertips. Everything we touch turns to gold. Well not quite…

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Pressing pause on writing about my trip because my mind is swirling.  I want to be different…

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I woke up in anticipation of what the day would hold.  What would it be like?  Would it be like I stepped out of China into America?   That…

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Yes, it was me.  I will fully take responsibility for it.  I made the executive decision…

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I greeted the next day with a cup of instant milk tea.  Um, so that was different.  If…

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I’m thinking that my sunglasses were the reason why.  I was alone for the first time in days and no one was staring….

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We were squished into a teeny tiny hotel foyer with our luggage in the city of Beijing, trying to envision what the hotel rooms above us would look like.  When I say teeny tiny, I mean…

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In August of 1950, my mother was approaching her first birthday.  She was oblivious to the hustle and bustle in the home and the tension that was mounting…

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