On my first funeral in China, and the loss of my first close Chinese family member
When you’re married to a Chinese national, there are the experiences you get to be privilege to — and wish you weren’t. Like a funeral in China.
Read moreStories about the happiness and hardships of the Chinese countryside, from one Western woman with a Chinese husband from China’s countryside.
When you’re married to a Chinese national, there are the experiences you get to be privilege to — and wish you weren’t. Like a funeral in China.
Read moreIt’s amazing how a simple walk through my husband’s village in rural Zhejiang suddenly opens up unexpected doors and hearts.
Read moreIt’s one thing to see China’s history in a museum and another to find a 5,000-year-old site right in my husband’s village in China.
Read moreThree amazing wild edible plants here in Zhejiang, China that have enchanted me and my Chinese family this Spring — and landed on our daily menu at home.
Read moreI was raised in the Midwestern US. Yet now I live in China’s countryside with my Chinese husband and his family, where I’ve learned some surprising things.
Read moreI invested years of my life studying Mandarin Chinese, only to marry a man whose local dialect is a different language. I wondered, should I learn it?
Read moreThough I still equate the word “invitation” with notice, I’m learning to appreciate the beauty in a sudden invite, like my big uncle’s dinner in China.
Read more“The feelings between my wife and I were not so harmonious. So…we officially divorced.” Our friend Huizhong became another “divorce in China” statistic.
Read moreI went against the Chinese family etiquette to save a baby mobile. But maybe a foreigner’s ignorance sometimes comes in handy in China?
Read moreA reader asks me how my husband and Chinese family reacted to my vegan diet. Was it always happily vegan every after for us?
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