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Page 2 of Memoir: Foolishly Brave Unconditionally Blessed, From a Chinese Girl to American Working Mother

March 18, 2022 by Jennifer Colegrove Ph.D. founder, Touch Display Research Inc.

Below is page 2 of my: “Memoir: Foolishly Brave Unconditionally Blessed, From a Chinese Girl to American Working Mother”.

Chapter 1

Chinese girl in a village—foolishly brave

My earliest memories start at age three in the 1970s, when I lived in a small village in Henan province in China with my grandparents and two uncles. Later I found out I was born in Zhengzhou, a medium-sized city in Henan Province. My parents had my younger brother two years after I was born. They both had full-time jobs which made taking care of children difficult. My grandmother on my father’s side offered to take me from the city to the village where she lived to raise me there until I was ready for school.

This is a picture of me when I was about two years old. It must have been in winter. My parents dressed me up so warmly with cotton coat, cotton pants, cotton shoes, and a faux fur hat. Before they let my grandparents take me to their farm village, they took me to a photo studio for this picture. (At that time, nobody had cameras at home).

Figure 1. Picture of me when I was a toddler. 1970s, China.

Source: Foolishly brave unconditionally blessed, March 2022

 (to be continued, or you can purchase and read the book now.)

This Memoir includes:

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Praises of Foolishly Brave Unconditionally Blessed

“It is a good book. Hard to put down. Jerry “

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About Touch Display Research Inc.

Touch Display Research, Inc. (https://TouchDisplayResearch.com) is a technology market research and consulting firm specializing in touch screen and emerging display technologies such as OLED displays, quantum dots, flexible displays, e-paper displays, ITO-replacement, Active pen, near-eye displays, smart windows, micro & mini LED, gesture controls, voice controls, eye controls and Batteries. Touch Display Research helps technology companies grow and connecting their technologies to the marketplace. We have been writing about OLED industry for over 10 years. We were the first company to publish Quantum Dot market reports. We were the first company to publish Active Pen market report, and ITO-replacement market report.  We have always been there to analyze new and emerging technologies. Touch Display Research provides reports, consulting, and due diligence to touch suppliers, display manufacturers, semiconductor companies, consumer electronics ODMs/OEMs, material suppliers, investors and venture capitalists. Battery Market Research is a subsidiary division of Touch Display Research, and focuses on battery technologies and market. For report and consulting, please visit our website: TouchDisplayResearch.com. 

About the Author

Dr. Jennifer K. Colegrove is the founder and CEO of Touch Display Research Inc. (www.TouchDisplayResearch.com), a market research and consulting firm that focuses on touch screen, display, sensor, battery and emerging technologies.

Dr. Colegrove has over twenty years of industry experience.  She holds many analyst “firsts”: She was the first analyst to write a comprehensive touch screen industry report since 2006 (therefore, she is called “Doctor Touch” by her colleagues); she was the first analyst to write an active pen industry report since 2013; she was the first analyst to write an ITO-replacement industry report since 2013; she was the first analyst to write a quantum dot industry report since 2013; she was the first analyst to write a touchless HMI industry report since 2014.

She has authored over one hundred market forecast reports and over one hundred published articles. She is frequently quoted by media and industry press including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, and Bloomberg. Dr. Colegrove has been a featured speaker and session chairperson at over one hundred worldwide conferences. Dr. Colegrove has advised over two hundred companies through her standard reports or consulting projects in recent years.

She has five patent applications with one U.S. patent granted.

Dr. Colegrove has a Ph.D. from the Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State University in Ohio. She received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors from Peking University in Beijing, China. To learn more about Dr. Jennifer Colegrove and her work, you can visit the website: www.TouchDisplayResearch.com  or JenniferColegrove.com

My father’s book is on sale this week

November 28, 2013

My father wrote a poem book in his 60s. I translated it from Chinese to English and added many explanations of Chinese festivals, poets, culture, leaders. The book’s name is: Nuclear soldier: Stories and Poems of Chinese life.

It’s on sale today for 5 days at Amazon.com for $0.99.

Figure: book cover

my father book cover

A book of stories and poems from an ordinary Chinese person’s point of view. The stories cover my father’s life from 1946 to the present day. He would say his life has been very ordinary apart from one highlight––he guarded Deng Xiaoping in 1965 when the famous leader visited “Nuclear City” in Qinghai Province. He also provided security for many famous nuclear scientists in the 1960s.

By enjoying the poetry and stories in this volume, the reader can understand the highlights of the past sixty-six years of history in the People’s Republic of China.

The first section is called “A Soldier’s Memoir.” The twelve poems are a remembrance of my father’s years as a soldier, 1963-1968, when he was between the ages of 17 to 22. Those are his young and happy memories. As a soldier, he protected the first nuclear bomb of China.

The second section, “Love is Priceless,” contains 19 poems about my father’s family and friends. They are about his grandmother, his uncles, and one describes the starvation he experienced as a child. Others are about his beloved wife– my mother, and about his children—my younger brother and me. Some are about reunions with his old soldier buddies. He cherished his brotherhood with the former soldiers from Nuclear City. He appreciated all the people who raised and helped him along the way. He praised those who have integrity.

The third section of 29 poems covers his retired lifestyle in our hometown and is called “Societal Observation”. Zhengzhou (郑州) is a medium-sized city in the middle of China. Topics of the poetry include the city’s changes, everyday life, playing bridge game, trading stocks, traveling to Hong Kong and Macao.

While this is not part of my company, it is part of me. Hope you’ll like it.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for reading,

Jennifer