Bubbles and Biking and More
My mother spent a lot of time with me when I was younger, but my father also had valuable time with me, teaching me life lessons and how to be […]
Tag Archives: Personal Narrative
Lines: A Theatre Lila Invention ( + Response)
Toward the end of last month, my mother invited me to see a play with her by Theatre Lila called Lines. Theatre Lila is a performing arts group that seeks […]
Shedding Whiteness
by Jon Straker – Korean adoptee, artist, friend Originally published in Gazillion Voices Magazine, 2015. I’m so excited to promote my friend Jon’s work in this post. We went to […]
The journey so far being an adoptive mom
This is a must-read post for all adoptive and prospective adoptive parents and is perhaps one of the most beautiful and honest responses I have seen lately. I urge you […]
The Yearning
This piece was originally published in an anthology titled Home. … It was late February, and I stood perched at my kitchen window, welcoming the sun-streaked curtains, the slightly rising temperatures, […]
How I Learned to Bake and Other Lessons from my Grandma
While I was at work this morning, the phone to the office rang, and my mother told me the news. My grandmother died in her apartment. My grandmother, the woman […]
Red Thread Broken 