They really do. I come back to look at my posts once in a while, but for some reason it's been a few years since I wrote any more. Naturally, there are extensions to each of these tales - much has inevitably happened in the lives of all of these women. It's funny how as much as I feel I am a 'foreigner in the family', the more important part of that phrase to me is 'in the family'. Their kindnesses envelope me each time I visit. I'm thankful to know each of them and for them to know me.
I suddenly feel a need to update these sketches...regardless of whether anyone out there reads or takes times to think about each one of these women...these lives are important to me. My father recently found my own grandmother's diary from 1945. She was a young bride, waiting for her husband's return from World War Two. She loved him terribly and I love suddenly having her diary entries in my hands, discovering the young woman who would one day become my much loved grandmother. She passed away several years ago but I'll treasure the discovery of her words as a wartime bride for as long as I live.
I hope I can capture glimmers into the spirit of each of my Chinese relatives as I update what I know of their journeys. If you stop by, please leave me a word or two. It looks like there have been more than 13,000 views over the past four years which I find incredible, given that I have put no energy into promoting this site.
I'm sorry I've been away...but I'm hoping to be back! Blink Blink
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Despite having lived in China for decades, I would rank this as the best collection of multigenerational stories from rural China I have ever read. The life stories are in a way almost heroic. The only comparable account which comes to mind is Zhang Rong's Wild Swans. You really should update it to reveal what has now happened 10 years on -- and to yourself, as well (!). [On a side note, for those who wish to comment but are unable to, you need to enable third party (cross) cookies to be able to do so.]
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