Most first conversations of mine begin with that ever-present question “Where are you from?” to which I answer “I currently live in Las Vegas, but was born in Vietnam, lived there until I was 13 when I moved to the US and grew up in California.” The conversation then proceeds to “Which part of Vietnam, North or South?” to which I answer “My father is from the North but moved to the Central in 1954 when communism divided the country and then again to the South in 1960.” I never thought much about how this conversation revealed the parts of my father that I carry with me, daily, until recently...
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:59:46 +0000
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