Chinese Wisdom

Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger

but a heart as soft as tofu.

Chinese Proverb

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Recollection:

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As a small child I lived with my family in Taiwan while my dad served in the Air Force. Mama-san Judy was our Chinese housekeeper & pinch-hit babysitter. She was a petite, dour, unpredictable, & unreadable force in our house. As my little brother & I sat at the kitchen table eating our lunch, I vividly remember her slamming open the oven & saying to us, "You be bad-I chop off your head and cook it in oven!"

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And I think we were very, very good that day.