Anna is 7 years old, grew up in Fan Ling, Hong Kong, and has great English for somebody who's never lived outside of Hong Kong. She's my niece, and she's fabulous, she went to the YMCA swimming pool with her two brothers and my mother, the "chaperone." While her two brothers were off wacking other kids with foam spaghettis, Anna was making friends with another kid. When they were leaving the swimming pool, Anna said to my mother, "why can't we live here in Wilbraham, why can't my mom find a job around here? That way I could come swim here every day and make more friends!"
She'll be great in school I think. Her younger brother (the middle one) may have some more culture shock issues.
I'm now in Rolling Ridge, a retreat facility in Northeast Massachusetts, where I'm counselling for a program for high school students developing their leadership in social justice. Mostly, it's about experiential learning, helping them learn about issues of race, class, gender, immigration, religion, and sexuality, by expression and deep introspective self-examination and sharing. So I won't be updating for the next week. Check back in next time!
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