My Grandma

It was sixteen years ago when she was stubbornly determined to carry her only child on that tiny, crowded boat of about 50 people, out to the dark endless sea to escape to the land of opportunity. Sacrificing to leave behind her family, her friends, the well-run business she created with her own two hands, she decided to go to the United States to begin a new life. The risks and the sightless long journey ahead would shape the way everyone viewed her.
<Tab/>She was born in Can Tho, Vietnam on September, 1935. Being the eldest of nine children she was responsible to take care…