It's been a year since we moved to the good 'ol USA. There have been hard times and adjustments but I am extremely grateful for all the learning that has occurred. In our family scripture study this morning, we discussed how we grow from our trials, and sometimes we are even....grateful...for the pain we've gone through. With a choice to focus on the positive, I'll share a few things that stand out in the "win" column this year, our first year in the USA. I survived moving the kids and I to …
Sweet and Bitter Childhood Home
I suppose it's not a spoiler to say that the book leaves off where the rest of our lives begin. Yes, we go to America. At one point, we decide to go back to China. More on that much, much later. But you have to know WHY we went back and this picture is part of it. This is William's childhood home. Yes, when he lived in it, all the walls were there and it wasn't falling apart, but every Chinese New Year visit during those early years when our kids were young, this is what Baba's childhood …
China2Utah Episode 2: 3 Reasons We Chose Utah!
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Finding My Family Tree
In my husband’s hometown, deep within China’s countryside, there is an old man who holds a very special book. This book cannot be borrowed, even for a day, and cannot be taken out of his home. It is the book which holds the genealogy---the family tree---for the Qian family dating back to the dynasties. Our children’s names have now been added to this incredible, hand-written, family tree. When we go back to the village every year at Chinese New Year, we see the book, and hope that our …