There are several kinds of people: those who watch things happen, those
who make things happen, and those who wonder what happened
-no idea who said this but I’ve always liked it
The thing that’s so great about that above quote, is that
any and every family system will have all of those above people. And each
family member will have the opportunity to play each role at different times,
depending on the circumstances. Consider, for example, the current Chang clan
family trip.
Last summer, it was Berlin and Prague –taking in Mom Chang’s
family roots in Berlin neighborhoods amid daily ice cream treats, endless
wursten mit pommes on every corner, and rides on beloved yellow double decker
city busses. At any given moment, there was someone watching things happen (Pop
Chang, as yet another mystifying Berlin behavior manifested itself), another
member making things happen (Mom Chang taking charge to get us through the city
transit system to her old kneipe/neighborhood), and many times we were all
together wondering what happened (as in, “where did Pop go? “)
Having mastered that family trip we have collectively
decided to embark on the next phase of Project Chang travels: tackling Beijing
in July to see where Pop spent some formative years. With rented apartment
secured, maps in hand, determination anchored in our collective ability to
tolerate more family quirks, joys and intergalactic personality traits, we are
wheels up from LAX to Beijing, non-stop.
It will be quite the ride.
And I for one can’t wait.
Wheels up from LAX!
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