It was not unexpected that my presentations might connect with many older Chinese Americans since they would have shared with me many similar experiences. In fact, I sometimes wondered why they were so interested in my talks inasmuch as most of what I was telling them, they already "knew." One day I suddenly realized what should have been obvious. Because few had written or publicly spoken about many of the experiences of the second generation children of Chinese immigrants, they felt 'validated' by my presentation of "our" experiences.