The festivities are over as small as they were, it was still nice. And as much as I wish we could be in my parents house and let my mother bear the brunt of holiday cheer, it was my turn. And it wasn’t until I watched my daughter in her first holiday show, virtually (ofContinue reading “Festivities and Breathing”
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Letter to my Daughter: You are a Light in the World.
You are a Light in the World I love that you wake up singing. That even before you knew the words, you knew the song in your heart and you wanted to hear the joy. You wanted to share the joy that lived in you. You are a light, my child. A beacon in theContinue reading “Letter to my Daughter: You are a Light in the World.”
A Letter to my Daughter, When the World Seems so Scary
Jan 6, 2021 Yesterday, we watched all day long as what was supposed to be a very.boring government business day turned into something of a nightmare. I couldn’t look away and neither could the world, as rioters from a pro-Trump protest pushed police out of the way and overran Capitol Hill and let themselves inContinue reading “A Letter to my Daughter, When the World Seems so Scary”
The Perils of Being Ethnically Ambiguous
It is no small thing to appear to belong to one ethnicity or another, it can often be confusing, complicated and even traumatic because for those of mixed heritage, you never seem to fit into the mold of what you’re ethnicity is. In my case, “You’re too brown for some people and not brown enoughContinue reading “The Perils of Being Ethnically Ambiguous”
Introspection is the Word of the Month
And other thoughts… I’m a huge fan of late night, the snarky commentary, the bite-sized news, and of course the guests (it’s the best way to keep up with pop culture without doing the heavy lifting). This week or last, not really sure anymore on an episode of A Late Show with Stephen Colbert, heContinue reading “Introspection is the Word of the Month”
Here We Go…
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. It’s a journey that we take when we choose a life partner, a choice we make when we choose to have a family. It’s not often an easy choice or one that one should take lightly but we have been fortunate to be able toContinue reading “Here We Go…”
Now Introducing…
When I was 25, I made the rash decision to go to China for work. I had graduated university during the worst recession of my lifetime, with little prospects professionally I got what job I could. It was by far the least amount of time I had spent deciding to uproot my life, but notContinue reading “Now Introducing…”
Opposite But The Same 