1 mile: Tonight was a beautiful night of shared food and love and talking. We are so very lucky to have a beautiful family that is nearby and loves one another. I had to smile because it is always evident that when you actually sit down in the spirit of hospitality, you learn something new from one another. Tonight we somehow got on the topic of children's names or I shall say "future children" names. It was quite interesting because my mother-in-law explained very clearly how my husbands sister's name was chosen as well as the naming system during the Cultural Revolution in China. Two important moments of clarity for me tonight were as such: 

You truly will never know unless you ask someone their cultural history

I think oral storytelling is one of the most profound ways in which we can be connected to one another without the constraints of time or place