(NYTIMES) - I grew up in the small village of Trang Bang in South Vietnam. My mother said I laughed a lot as a young girl. We led a simple life with an abundance of food, since my family had a farm and my mum ran the best restaurant in town.
I remember loving school and playing with my cousins and the other children in our village, jumping rope, running and chasing one another joyfully.
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