The reception committee consisted of Constance and a ventripotent Swiss banker, representing the Red Cross ….

After all, they never come home for Christmas.

Their thoughts, wished out into form, make a fit place for the weaker multitude to live in and they are always the humanitarians, giving their life for the world.

The ABCs called us FOBs—Fresh Off the Boat—or China Bugs. Even the American-born Chinese referred to us as ‘Chinese’—as though they were not.