Wednesday, January 31, 2007

359/365 Peggy

“Don’t call me Eng Eng,” she says in the yearbook. Peggy – sponsored by Pearl Buck - was a nursing school classmate who smiled often, studied diligently and cooked the foods of home in our tiny dorm kitchen. When she asked the hospital chef for some soy sauce, he gave her a gallon. I’ll bet it’s still there. After her very long voyage, she longed for home.

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