A Life Well Lived
Lydia Li Olson
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These Photographs accompany my biography memoir, Everlasting Love. . .
A photograph is nothing without its subject, and yet the camera is entirely indifferent to whether the subject is present or absent, living or dead. That meaning lies only in our hearts and minds, and here are two men who have spent much time there in my life, my father (left) and my Grandfather.
My Classmates in School
My daughter and my nephew kowtow in front of my father's grave of Li's family graveyard in the suburbs of Beijing.
My Brother and I
"I am from a Manchu Family..."
The Eight Manchu Banners
With my mother and elder sister.
With my sister
Military Training in Gui zhou at 26 years of age
My father's first sister, who loved me dearly
My Grandson Aaron grew up!
My Grandson and grandaughter practice a duet
Li Family youngest girl of the third generation married
Voyage into the self through Love!
All through our lives we strive to reach the depths of our soul and self, but the mystery is discovering that much of what we learn is only revealed through our love and understanding of others...
These are the men I loved in this life.
Bingsheng, my first love and husband at the Kuwait Embassy stationed in Beijing.