Family histories often include events in which people make a sacrifice, hoping that future generations will benefit. Perhaps they fled political oppression in their home country or moved to a place where their children and grandchildren were likely to have more opportunities. Or they worked long hours to provide for the family. What are your family stories-or stories of people you know-about personal sacrifice in hopes of securing a better life for future generations? In the article "Tight-Knit Family Shares Lin's Achievement," Sam Borden and Keith Bradsher tell the story of basketball sensation Jeremy Lin's parents. People who know the family contend that "in order to fully comprehend Lin's rise from relative anonymity, his parents" story must be understood." The article continues: Gie-Ming's immigration to the United States arose from a fortunate connection. ... In addition to earning his master's degree in engineering, Gie-Ming also met his future wife at Old Dominion. Wu Xinxin - who changed her name to Shirley Wu after arriving in Virginia - was studying computer science, and after finishing their studies at O.D.U., the couple went together to Lafayette, Ind., to pursue additional degrees at Purdue. There, they lived in a tiny student apartment that rented for "no more than $120 a month," according to Steve Tolopka, who also studied computer science at Purdue. "I'm not sure you would call these places furnished," Tolopka said. "Maybe "barely furnished"? They had a bed, I think. ... For the first four years of Jeremy's life, his parents worked continually - Gie-Ming as an electronics engineer and Shirley as an engineer for airports, specializing in ticket dispensers - and Gie-Ming's mother, Lin Chu A Muen, spent 11 months a year in the United States to help raise the children. "Jeremy's mother would go on business trips for a whole week, and I would cook Taiwanese dishes for him the whole time," Jeremy's grandmother recalled during a recent interview in Taipei. Students: Tell us how the actions and decision of your parents, grandparents or other relatives spoke, or speak, to their hopes for their children. What did they do? How have you benefited by their forward thinking? What have you learned from their example?