A Tree Grows in Evanston
One of my all time favorite books is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. There so many scenes from it that I remember vividly: Cheap…
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Mothers, daughters, and food
It has been a week. Well, it has been a series of weeks, but this one in particular was desperately challenging as Jeff was in Germany for…
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Chasing Moments
What did I want to tell you this morning? Ah, it was about the time my therapist said to stop chasing after moments. I had never been…
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Surreal Modernist Art
In September, I started a new job, complete with multiple orientation sessions and multiple orientation speakers. It was all a blur, really, but even now, two months…
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20 Questions – 4th Grade
Lots of changes this year! Kenzie is headed to Baker Demonstration School, a private school, where she’ll be the 10th student in her class! She’s very excited,…
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Good night, Auntie Wen
One of the challenges of being second-generation Chinese, is that you get caught between two forms of duty. The duty of a child to not question your…
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20 Questions – 3rd Grade
It was a whirlwind summer, as we made up for lost time. We camped and hunted diamonds and dinosaurs at Crater of Diamonds in Murfreesboro, Arkansas; did…
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COVID: Day 5
Last day of isolation! Negative test, woot woot! That wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. The only rough day was Day…
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COVID: Day 4
I completely understand why COVID is so infectious. Today I feel like I have the very mildest of colds. I woke up, had my morning coughing fit,…
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COVID: Day 3
There is a fly in my quarantine room. And it’s loud. I spent ten minutes trying to hunt it down, swatting at it with an old Costco…
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COVID: Day 2
I can officially say that Day 1 of COVID was absolutely miserable. The uncertainty of whether or not it was going to get progressively worse contributed to…
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COVID: Day 1
It started with the tiniest of tickles. The quiet, polite cough you might issue as a soft, “Ahem.” Our pollen count is high right now, so I…