Cornbread and Dim Sum by Jacqueline Annette Sue

Cornbread and Dim Sum by Jacqueline Annette Sue

Author:Jacqueline Annette Sue
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780961026486
Publisher: KhedCanRon Publishing


Chapter Twenty-Five

We moved October thirty-first into the home that would be ours for the rest of our lives. Our first day in Corte Madera began on a bright sunny November morning. Frank always woke up before Khedda and myself, but this day was different. We were all up early, including Baby Rascal, who had spent the night guarding the perimeters of his new surroundings. We laughed as we arranged our few pieces of furniture to our taste. Our little family was so relieved to be out of the Capitol Avenue house, we felt as if we were on vacation in a wonderland called Corte Madera. Khedda and I were excited and giddy as we ran out of the open patio doors onto the upper deck where we could see the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. I wrapped my arms around my tall seven-year-old who squirmed to be released as she said, "Mommy, look up there! Is that building ours too?"

Khedda was pointing at the outdoor playhouse built by the previous owners. The simple little shed was located on the uphill slope of our back yard.

Keung, walking out the door behind us, put his hand on my shoulder and answered for me. "It sure is honey, but you be careful when you climb up the stairs to the loft."

His coarse black hair was gleaming in the sun and he gave a hearty laugh as we watched Khedda's eyes grow wide with delight just before she took off running toward her new sanctuary.

Looking up at Frank's smiling face, I could see that he was as delighted as Khedda and myself with our charming place.

"Pinch me, Honey, I must be dreaming. This can't be for real," I said turning into his arms to give him a hug.

"Great isn't it? For awhile there, I thought maybe we wouldn't be able to pull it off, but we did."

As his words faded in the wind, it occurred to me that they were indeed prophetic about us as a family. Since Keung and I had decided to become a couple, several external intrusions by others were our obstacles. Beginning with the jaundiced nosiness with Grant Russell, my old landlord and a racial intolerance problem with the Hawkins woman from whom I'd rented a house on the edge of Hunter's Point, and then the disaster robbery of our leased house in the Lakeside district. Each was an invasive act of our privacy that left me feeling miserable and unsafe. All of these occurrences had contributed to and precipitated a residential move. Now finally, it seemed we had found a peaceful haven for ourselves in the suburbs.

Idyllic situations are never long lasting. Along with the new house came a fresh set of problems. I was so anxious to get away from our old City neighborhood, I had not given much thought to settling into a little town that had no cultural or family support for either Frank or myself. Moving to a predominately white suburb in an upscale Marin county locality brought a new set of challenges that I had not anticipated.



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