| _BIOG_EN_L |
My husband and his sister were born in New York City and raised in Paramus, New Jersey. My mother-in-law is from a village outside of Canton, China. My father-in-law was born outside of Boston, but his parents both came from a village also outside of Canton.
We maintain a strong Jewish identity, but we are not at all religious. As a matter of fact, I think I qualify as an atheist, although at some moments I might be more inclined to define myself as Agnostic. My husband was raised Catholic, but was a devout Atheist as an adult, and while he was indifferent to teaching the kids about the Chinese culture, I made it my mission to infuse traditions and values from his family into the raising of our children. The Chinese view of family, the elderly, respect, honor, are beautiful. This all was much to the sheer delight of my mother-in-law, as you can imagine. My kids know only a few words in Chinese, and the dialect is Toi San (spelling) which my husband used to describe as Chinese Jive. So basically, they can tell me that they have to go potty and be specific in what they need to do there, and no one around us will understand. And they can say Fat Pig Boy because that was my husband's nickname.
Regards,
Jodi |
1963 - vor 2013 (49 Jahre)
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