How Did You Know Your Mother Was Japanese?

You write about your first memory of her being awakened because she's having a nightmare. And at the same time, there were these moments, these incidents with your mother. You know, i think with with family secrets, so often there are clues, things that we don't even register as clues until we have a lot more information. But when you're a child, you accept the stories that are told to you by your parents,. Because they're your parents, and it's all you really know.