Spreuken over Familie

No family gets rich from earning the minimum wage. In fact, the current minimum wage does not even lift a family out of poverty.

We always played as a family together. . . . Music was what we did to bring smiles to people's faces and tears to their eyes and pay the light bill and whatever.

We expect teachers to handle teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, and the failings of the family. Then we expect them to educate our children.

I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life... But in the last few years, losing my father, going through a divorce and not getting some jobs I really wanted, is making me a much more interesting person, I think... This all really does feel like a rebirth, a new chapter.

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.