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That's most of my immediate family pictured above and at center is my 96 year old grandma. She was born in 1912 in Korea before there was a North and South. She lived through the war and carried my mother on her back amidst gunfire overhead to cross the front lines into what is now South Korea. She came to America with my parents in the late '70s and now she tends a gigantic garden while living with my aunt and uncle in Westchester County, NY. On September 12, 2008, she enjoyed a lovely dinner with her kids, grand kids and great grand kids and I was oh so happy to be there.

Two of my cousins are in Korea right now teaching for the next year or so. But technology allowed them to not only talk to my grandma (and the rest of us), but see us and interact with us. Skype is some pretty sweet software. And as you can see in the first photo, the computer is pointing towards my grandma and they're singing "Happy Birthday" along with the rest of the fam. And there's my nephew rocking a new buzz cut for football – it's easier to get his helmet on and off with no hair up top. I think he looks a whole lot like me with the new 'do which I rocked for much of my life.

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