China
The blog is back
For three weeks, at least. Two summers ago, my wife and I took our oldest daughter back to her birthplace in Vietnam. We got to meet her birth mother, her older brother, and her extended family. It was an emotional and rewarding experience for everyone involved. But more importantly, for at least a short time, [...]
Fear Factor, home edition
My youngest daughter is from Fuling, China. The city is famous for Zhacai, a pickled mustard tuber. Evidently many Chinese know the local manufacturer’s commercial jingle. While we were at the orphanage this past March, the director gave us a gift box of the delicacy. The box was quite decorative–it looked like a box for [...]