Parent Appreciation

It's not easy to fully give credit where it's due. And sometimes, it really is easier to understand once I'm older. Parents have to be open enough to realize their kids don't have the capacity in their emotions to understand what they have done. Kids have to be open minded enough to empathize with their [...]

Finding Closure: Returning to my Birth Country to Say Goodbye

I left my life, my school, my friends, and everything I knew behind when I was eleven. My parents were refugees from Vietnam, escaping the mistreatment of the communists. They snuck away on a small boat and sailed for seven days on the open water of South China Sea. I was born in a refugee [...]