tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post4882133012900335972..comments2024-03-24T19:55:32.537-05:00Comments on The View from This Seat: A Special GrandchildLKSeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-54845008175433256652013-06-25T20:51:19.307-05:002013-06-25T20:51:19.307-05:00I have been having trouble posting comments here, ...I have been having trouble posting comments here, so I also posted today's article at the blog at the following URL address:<br /><br />http://theviewfromthisseat.com/2013/06/25/a-special-grandchild/LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-30065826942313174182013-06-25T20:49:52.083-05:002013-06-25T20:49:52.083-05:00Thinking Friend George Takashima, a Japanese-Canad...Thinking Friend George Takashima, a Japanese-Canadian pastor, sent the following comments this morning,<br /><br />“Enjoyed reading your story about your special grandchild.<br /><br />“There is a word that describes a child who is born of two cultures and this word was coined by such a person who lives (or lived) in Hawaii. The word is “hapa” … a hapa is a person whose mother and father come from different ethnic/cultural backgrounds and one parent being of Japanese background.<br /><br />“I first learned about this word “hapa” from a young couple – both of whom are hapas – in our Japanese Canadian monthly publication THE BULLETIN put out by the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens Association (GVJCCA).”<br />LKSeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08860725174433173015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-31813050831330375052013-06-25T20:41:26.972-05:002013-06-25T20:41:26.972-05:00Such children are truly special, and are harbinger...Such children are truly special, and are harbingers of the world culture struggling to be born. Yet they are also challenged children, sometimes the "half" Leroy mentions, rather than the "double" we would want them to be. <br /><br />Jesus spent a fair amount of time talking about and to children. When we do well by children, we are all closer to the kingdom of heaven. Unfortunately, we often do not do so well. Sometimes we do so poorly a musical like Oliver, Les Miserables or Miss Saigon gets made about it.<br /><br />I have three children spread through their twenties and thirties, so I suppose I will get to try out grandparenthood one of these days. I will look to Leroy for a model if I get the chance!Craig Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00033176451913108084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355086750486200439.post-89695826431431312042013-06-25T08:02:25.105-05:002013-06-25T08:02:25.105-05:00Well put. I like the double concept.Well put. I like the double concept.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com