I left my home in Wuhan for a week-long beach vacation with my son and husband. Now we can't get back in -- and we're giving up on trying

Courtesy of Imani Bashir Imani Bashir is a writer who was living in Wuhan, China with her husband and 3-year-old son. They left for a one-week beach vacation to Malaysia in mid-January to celebrate the Chinese New Year, but on January 23, Wuhan was officially locked down — and they couldn't go back. The family spent a month in Malaysia, shuffling between hotel rooms and trying to figure out their next move. Rather than waiting to find out when they'd be able to return to China, the family ulti...