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I have read all of Amy Tan’s books starting with the Joy Luck Club, Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and more. Each book carries the reader to the Far East and often, the author mentions people playing the game of Mahjongg, an ancient Chinese game of skill, strategy, and calculation with a certain amount of luck. I usually paused and thought, what’s that?…

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It’s been a year since my father died last fall at the age of 86. That summer was a time of waiting, hoping, reflection and ultimately, letting go. As I composed his obituary, I thought a lot about the value and contribution he made in the workforce from 1940 to 1987.



We used to talk about his early jobs from being a newspaper boy to working for the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in high school. He enlisted in the Army during World War II like so many other Americans. These… Continue