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My 外婆 (Grandma) was a fantastic storyteller, and I loved to hear her talk about the adventures of her youth. One of my favorites is from when she was a young woman working at a radio station, which is about how she spent her first paycheck. With her first paycheck, she bought a beautiful red raincoat that she was immensely proud of, for 外婆 had a particular affinity for red clothing. That day, she went home in good cheer and spent the night chatting with a friend while eating sweet peanut brittle, which they neglected to sweep off the table where her coat lay. In the morning, she woke up to discover that her lovely new coat had been chewed full of holes! And then 外婆 asked me, “Do you know why this happened? It was the one night that I forgot to close the window… and the mice came!” This is my favorite part of the story, because she exclaimed to me with such feeling, “喔~我好難過! Oh~ I was so ‘sad’”, evoking this specific feeling of bitter regret that a young woman feels when she has worked hard to buy something lovely for herself, only to lose it in a flash of young thoughtlessness. I know that she enjoyed telling me this story because at the time, I had just earned my first paycheck interning in Taiwan, and she knew I could relate to these moments from her youth. There was a particular way in which my 外婆 would weave stories that were rich in detail and emotion, which she tailored to specifically to her audience’s current place in life. And at 95-years old, she could talk to her 20-some-year old granddaughter in a way that instantly evoked the spirit of the young woman she had been, and could speak with great emotion about her feelings and hardships at that time, making her breadth of experience accessible and most importantly, meeting me in a place where we could understand each other. That was 外婆; the great connector of people. She was someone who intuitively understood that each struggle is unique, and because she had such empathy, she could always pinpoint how to share her thoughts in a way that we could receive the crucial points. I guess you could say that when it comes to understanding and engaging positively with people’s needs, 外婆 is my great inspiration. Rest in Peace 外婆, 12.20.2014.

#tiki time ! Still in #Hawaii mode, good buys from the vintage store in #waipo

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