Apr 15 2008
Tears on Both Sides of the Ocean (part 1)
She was the 9th of eventually 34 exchange students over the years but there was something special that was about to happen that would change the worlds of two different cultures…
Eke had been living with our parents for close to 9 months as an AFS student in the ’70’s when Uncle “Joe” arrived one evening and without a spoken word, influenced her to pack her bags and leave for Los Angeles immediately. Eke’s only explanation was that “…something was wrong at home in Japan.”