six years ago in Xi'an

[momo15]

"You buy flower.  3 kuai," murmured the little boy.

He thrust his tiny rose clenching fist into mine and weakly tried to persuade me to give him the equivalent of 20 American cents.

I cried the entire way home.  I was fourteen and had never  seen poverty firsthand, much less from a little boy that should have already been safely tucked away in

Comments

[leang]

Hi that looks like a lot of fun! I know susan! She was in my intro to chem lab. Say hi to her if she remembers me. Crazy

[momo15]

haha what a small world!

[momo15]

aw thanks! I am pretty happy :-)

[strwbysmoothie]

i didn't know that you went to china when you were 14! i was a bit confused at first, i had to go back and read it again!

those kids are so cute! i'm sure there are opportunities where you can teach English in China for a year. perhaps, after you graduate. (like for Japan, there is Nova.)