(Annie, husband, and mother-in-law)"They hated each other from the start," Annie explained talking about her husband's parents, who were living in China when they married.
"My husband can remember them fighting, fighting, fighting. So one day, the father took his son and daughter and left the house. When he didn't return, my mother-in-law became worried and wondered about them."
The wife/mother had no idea where her husband and her children were.
She would not see her children for 26 years! She suspected they were in Taiwan, but had no way to know for sure and no way to contact them.
And, she was right - they were in Taiwan where they grew up away from their mother, but with other family members from their father's side.
We all listened raptly as Annie told the compelling story on the bus and over dinner.
Walking home after eating, I said, "Annie, how did these two ever get together then, since there was, and still is so much animosity between them?"
"There was a matchmaker in the village who thought their families should unite," she answered.
I walked home silently thinking: matchmaker, our own choice, shotgun choice;
marriage can be a challenge!
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