Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Lost Family in JapanThis morning I had a conversation with a friend who lived in Japan, and whose parents still live there. And then later started reading…Jul 16, 20161Jul 16, 20161
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Parents at the Age My Daughter is NowI recently contemplated what it was like for my parents when they were the same age that I am now. But then I came across some old…Apr 16, 20161Apr 16, 20161
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsHow I Fell In Love With FresnoMy godmother, aka my Auntie Kiyo, was originally from Fresno. But after the war, she ended up in New York, and I remember her always as a…Feb 1, 20164Feb 1, 20164
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Parents At The Age I Am NowI had to do a little math to figure out when my parents were the same age as I am now. Here are some pictures from 1978 parents weekend…Jan 12, 20161Jan 12, 20161
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Bridal HurricaneWhen I got married, back in 1988, I really didn’t have a clue about anything. Back then there were not entire websites dedicated to…Jan 9, 20162Jan 9, 20162
Susan ItoThe Traveling SalesmanI recently found this newspaper clipping in a box full of memorabilia. I see my father in his element, chatting up the gift-shop ladies at…Dec 30, 20151Dec 30, 20151
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Mother’s Two BirthdaysAccording to my mother, and according to her own mother, she was born in Brooklyn on December 22, 1922. She frequently says, nobody forgets…Dec 23, 20152Dec 23, 20152
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsFirst Adulting Christmas, 1983That Christmas, I was 24 years old. I had moved across the country to San Francisco and I had my first real job as a physical therapist. I…Dec 17, 20152Dec 17, 20152
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsMy Grandfather’s Restaurant, 1929, New YorkMy grandfather left his job working in the kitchen of a Brooklyn hospital in the mid-1920s, and opened his own restaurant, Nikko, on 165th…Dec 14, 20153Dec 14, 20153
Susan ItoinA Picture is Worth A Bunch of WordsCrystal Breeding was the social worker who arranged my adoption.My mother tells me she literally went over their apartment (in Fort Lee, New Jersey) with white-gloves. She told them it would be “highly…Dec 12, 2015Dec 12, 2015