Zetian comforted her mother attentively, said goodbye to her siblings (two elder half-brothers and an elder sister; her father had died two years earlier), and with a positive attitude she stepped into her uncertain future still, essentially, a child. During the Tang, by law (Tang Code/Tang...
Dad’s brothers and sister decided to host a family reunion, the first in perhaps 20 years. I barely had energy to show up for the event. But I love my Baker-Formisano aunts and uncles: Bill, Louise (deceased), Howard, and Helene. I warmed to the occasion, happy to see my cousins...