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Properly credited to Khin Soe Photo Studio, formerly of Rangoon, Burma, this image was taken in 1966, not long after the exile of my family from the country now known more correctly as Myanmar.

During this time, my mother, as she is pictured here, worked tirelessly to generate the funds needed to transport each of my younger aunts and uncles one-by-one from Burma to the relative safety of their parents in Pakistan.

I cannot begin to fathom how it must feel to have to struggle to survive in times of war, separation and hardship; she makes those issues that I come up against in my thoroughly modern existence seem trivial, and for that I can only be grateful.

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Incredible story. You mother looks beautiful - such intricate clothing and I can't even imagine how hard she must have had to have worked.

Posted by owen at July 30, 2006 07:03 PM

I know now where you got your good looks. :)

Posted by Ryan at August 1, 2006 01:07 AM

She looks amazing. Totally. If you look anything like her, no wonder I'm blushing as I type this..

And she was also heroically rescuing her siblings from war. I'll go more quietly about my business of yelling at the quads for fighthing or imagining I'm having a hard time keeping them happy..

Posted by Scholiast at August 7, 2006 02:23 PM

Wow. She looks stunning. The resemblance is very strong (and that's a good thing!).

Posted by Sin at August 7, 2006 09:31 PM

She is beautiful indeed. A great story.

Posted by CurlyToes at August 14, 2006 07:23 PM

Your mother is so beautiful. And inside is the heart of a lioness, providing for and protecting her pride.

Posted by Tremblant at August 17, 2006 11:52 PM

beautiful photo for an impressive story..

Posted by .:CushmoK:. at September 5, 2006 06:23 PM

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