Sometime in the early 80s, my Dad said to me: "Be careful what you wish for. I wished for all five of my children to be educated in America."

My dad got his wish but lost his country, a lot of loved ones, and his life as he knew it because of war.

Photo (by my dad): Hong siblings with our Mom, early 80s, at a Vietnamese weekend-school ceremony

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