The Epoch Times Features “The Boy with a Bamboo Heart”

Boy Soldier Grows Up to Be ‘Father of 50,000’ Poor Children Canadian lawyer quits her job to spread his story

By Tara MacIsaac Epoch Times Staff

Dr. Amporn Wathanavongs was an only child, born in 1937 in the village of Sawai Jeek, Thailand. His mother doted on him, affectionately calling him “Lek,” or “little one.” Lek’s parents died of illness when he was 5 years old, and he was left without any relatives or friends to support him…

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Words live in her bones. From untangling two languages in her native country, to learning their articulation in debate and crafting them into contracts, words have unified her life experiences. She began writing real stories to evidence the living of people and anchor human courage within our memory. She infuses her storytelling with the imagination of a traveler who has sojourned to the edges of the map. “Words transmit the experiences of others so we may reuse their learnings to shape and create our own lives.” Chantal Jauvin