Family

Longevity and China’s Aviation Pioneer found in the City of Grace and Peace

Very few of us live to be 100 years old. Something like 2% of us perhaps will make it. So, it was rare to celebrate my Chinese grandmother’s centenary this past month. The actual date of her birthday, according to my cousin, is 农历四月初六。This is the fourth day of April in the lunar calendar, or MayContinue reading “Longevity and China’s Aviation Pioneer found in the City of Grace and Peace”

Having Kids in China, Part Two: Chinese love kids, and children provide access to the good ‘ole days

My sister still laughs when this memory comes up. I was back home visiting my mom at her lake house in Michigan years ago. With floor to ceiling windows facing the small and peaceful lake, I couldn’t think of a better place of respite from bustling Beijing. Newspaper in hand, yanking back the lever ofContinue reading “Having Kids in China, Part Two: Chinese love kids, and children provide access to the good ‘ole days”

Having Kids in China, Part One: do as Much as you can yourself.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Having children is probably the only dynamic in life that is absolutely exhausting yet supremely joyful, a uniquely symbiotic paradigm. I know of nothing else like this. Work can be exhausting, but it doesn’t deliver the joy. Companies try to talk up their family culture butContinue reading “Having Kids in China, Part One: do as Much as you can yourself.”

Family is Central. Regardless of our culture, our background or geographic location, our family has played an unprecedented role in our lives. How we were raised is critical. This section is dedicated to family. How do we do family? What are the important things worth sharing that can be beneficial? What are shared values andContinue reading “Family”