Many years ago I heard this version of the origin of Valentine’s Day. Valentinus was in prison, scheduled to be executed for being a follower of Jesus Christ. The jailer, noticing that Valentinus was an educated man, asked him to teach his blind daughter, Julia. I don’t know what he
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Play the audio and close your eyes to experience text the way I do. Alex reading this post People often ask me how I can write since I can’t see. First, I still have 4% of my vision, and since it’s in the middle, I can see detail, depending on
Since it’s still Chinese New Year week, I wanted to share a story from my mother’s point-of-view as princess of the parade. This is from the book I wrote with her about her life Inside the Oy Quong Laundry. This is what she said: Once in awhile when it got
Some people have asked me what the red word to the left of my name means. It’s my dad’s chosen last name. In Cantonese it’s pronounced “wing,” but it means “eternity.” He chose it when he left his family (a story too long to tell in this post. If you
Happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. Say, “Gung hay fat choy!” It means “May you have good fortune” unless you pronounce it wrong, in which case you will be making a comment about their grandfather’s vegetables. Born towards the end of January, a third-generation Chinese American, I always feel