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I just got a package in the mail from a vietnamese friend of mine who at present resides in Italy. It is a book entitled 'traveling with rice'. It has simple yet very thoughtful articles about his job and his travels. When I finished looking it over and reading a few chapters, I thought, I should write a book, too. Will I finish the novel I started, will I try and write a book of poetry with photos I took? Then I decided it would be easiest for me to write about my childhood and write it for my grandchildren. How will they know how life was in their grandma's time if I don't relate it to them? How will they know of her country and the people she grew up with? How will they know of their roots?