Several weeks ago, I wanted to record my grandfather’s life story. So with my mom in tow, I recorded his life in Cantonese—his voice strong despite being in a body nearly a century old.
But the most interesting part?
Why did you marry your second wife? I asked without any judgement—everyone was old, sickly or already had passed away.
Without hesitation, he waved his wrinkled hands in the air, Because World War II happened. He laughed, I thought everyone was dead! I didn’t hear from anyone for three years.
Relationships, love…those things are complicated, I said telling my long lost cousins yesterday under the din of a popular San Francisco bar.