Min Yi | June 27, 2010
The strength and ferocity my mother possesses has scared me many times as a child and even as a grownup. Part of my adaptation skills was to learn to stand up for myself and give her a bit of her own medicine, though it often ended in volatile explosions which neither of us enjoyed. How [...]
Min Yi | June 15, 2010
My dad had Sunday afternoon and Monday morning off of work from Atlantic City, New Jersey, the casino Mecca of the East Coast. Sunday afternoon, my brother-in-law and his family (beloved cousins of my son) were visiting NYC, my father being so shy, I had to come to terms with the fact that I could [...]
Min Yi | January 2, 2010
My grandfather was imprisoned and sent to hard labor for “reeducation” in Northwest China for 18 years after China became a Communist regime. He was father to six children; the youngest was 3 months old when he was sentenced. His crime: he was a bank manager. He was one of many thousands of Chinese people [...]
