Your success is my success
I just came across a wonderful story on Humans of New York featuring Esther, a single mother who worked hard for her three daughters. Tu exito es mi exito — your success is my success — is what she told them as she worked long hours in housekeeping.
This story resonated really deeply with me. I love immigrant stories, especially with a strong matriarch like my mother.
Honoring my mom
I always knew I wanted to sit down to write about my mother’s life — her Indian-Vietnamese roots, her work with the CIA, and how she brought nearly all of my aunts and uncles to the United States from Vietnam.
Her story was also very down to earth. I was struck that the core of her remarkable story were the universal languages of love and food.