My MIL turned 75 in January, and she was ecstatic to hear that there was a Minè Okubo retrospective at the Smithsonian because of the family connection.
That got us started planning a 75th birthday bash in D.C. Then MIL had a mini stroke and couldn't travel, At dropped out because of heartbreak, and Big A was very sick this week...
But some of us made it to this beautiful exhibition on the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki and it was a poignant reminder of how much the past is with us. Minè Okubo worked for the U.S. government and her brother was a member of the U.S. military, but she and the rest of her Japanese-American family were nevertheless forcibly incarcerated in internment camps after Pearl Harbor.
(I've been feeling so insecure, I carried my passport along with my Real ID for travel this time.)
Pic: Nu, Big A, and Aunt R at the exhibition.
4 comments:
I'm so glad you made it to this exhibit!!
So that's where you've been! I'm glad you got to go on your trip, and to see that exhibition. Also - yay that Big A is feeling better!
I’m so glad that you were able to go, and that Big A was able to go, and that No was able to go, and that you saw the exhibit. I’m sorry for your MIL who so wanted to see it, and for At, because of the heartbreaking situation. Life’s both sweet and sour.
Good for you.
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