Bill Belew has raised 2 bi-cultural kids, now 34 and 30. And he and his wife are now parenting a 3rd, Mia, who is 8.

Investigation for the Dinosaur

This past summer, my family and I took a trip to Big Sky country – Montana. By chance, my wife’s best friend from high school lives there. I say chance because my wife and her friend are both from Nanjing, China. One ended up here in the Bay Area, the other in Nowhere, Montana.

My wife was excited to see her friend. I wanted to see some real dinosaur bones.

As we drove from Yellowstone to Glacier National park, we happened upon a museum. The wife and my little girl went to see other sites and I went to the museum. Ice cream was to follow (not really relevant, I know).

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