社评1219 我们是三代同堂

我们是三代同堂

着名休斯敦电视新闻主播周璇明在参加完了我们「温情相伴 老友相聚」之聚会后，在她的脸书上写道：「这张照片叙述了休斯敦华裔美人三代同堂的故事， 从経营和住在杂货店𥚃的第一代前辈到新移民及餐馆主人，一直到拥有律师事务所银行及许多商家 ，这张合照印証休斯敦造就我们有任何可能成功的机会， 谢谢你们伉儷举办了这场精彩的圣诞庆祝会，并将勾起我们共同回忆和诚絜之祝福。」

在这页脸书上立即得到非常热烈的反响， 她的一位粉丝直言 「我们感谢华裔给休斯敦之贡献， 并祝福妳们三代同堂的大家庭永远快乐幸福。」

我凝思良久 ，真的我们是三代共聚一堂的华人大家庭 ，这次聚会， 确实震撼了我们的心 。当我紧握沈彦伟律师的手 ，他说我今年已经九十岁了， 关振鹏之母亲已九十七岁是近百岁人瑞， 侨领黄仕远 、林国煌 、林国民、 黄泰生都年过八旬， 赖清阳律师及夫人李迎霞仍然声如宏鐘， 伍冠南律师及李衞民医生回忆过去社区往事有如回到从前， 吴华昌兄及谢坤增伉儷皆是数十年之旧友， 侨教中心王主任、我们的大学同窗陈紫薇暨夫婿成彦邦医生、方丽萍都来了， 我们的女儿女婿外孙皆到塲為大家送花致意。

我们在欢笑中共同度过了一个欢愉感动的老中青三代同堂的聚会， 更见证了我们华裔在美国共同奋斗成长之歷程。

We Are The Family

Shern-min Chao, the famous TV news anchor, wrote on her Facebook page after attending our old friends reunion party. She said, “This picture tells the story of 3 generations of Chinese Americas in H-town. From humble beginnings, living above the family grocery store, newly arrived immigrants & restaurant workers, to owning law firms, banks & businesses. This is a snapshot of Houston and all that is possible here.”

“Thank you Wea & Catherine Lee for hosting a wonderful Christmas celebration as we count our blessings & remember our journeys.”

I saw many fans of her’s respond enthusiastically and saying bluntly, “We thank Chinese Americans for your contribution to Houston and wish your three generations of happy family forever. “

We have been thinking about it for long time. We really are a Chinese American family with three generations, and the party really shocked our hearts. I held the hand of lawyer William Sims who told me that he is 90 years old. Gordon Quan’s mom is 97, almost reaching 100. Many old friends, Richard Lin, Ben Chiang, Ted Hsieh, Harry Sun and the Mayor of Chinatown, Kenneth Li. All of them were here.

We visited Taiwan many years ago with Eddy Lim and his wife. Director Wang of the Overseas Chinese Service Center, our classmate Tammy Cheng, Christiana Lee and Dr Cheng, they all enjoyed the reunion party very much. My daughter, Margaret, son-in-law Jack, grandson Andy and granddaughter. All all of them helped to greet our friends and hand out roses to them.

We spent a very happy and touching gathering of three generations of old, middle-age and young people together in laughter and witnessed the process of our Chinese Americans working hard to grow up in America.