I finished the manuscript! What manuscript, you ask? The one I’m writing! My first nonfiction book. This is the manuscript, all printed out. I turned it in some weeks ago, and soon I’ll get my edits and revisions back. : ) It’s hard work, but good...
I’m honored to have an article in the spring issue of The Truly Co magazine! The theme for this issue is “home”, and I wrote about my view of home, the south, and my Asian background. It’s a beautiful magazine–you’ll be...
I was honored to share at The Mudroom Blog Podcast last week! If you missed my post. Of Thorns and Belonging, you can read it here. To listen to part of my journey, with background information on the article, I invite you to listen to the podcast here. It was a joy...
“Your Task” Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. Protecting A long wind brushes its fingers through the trees in a stretched whisper. It moves angrily, shakes and...
Hello friends! You may know that I love to write about belonging, culture, identity, cross cultural communication, and am passionate about us learning from each other and sharing our stories. I’m excited to announce that beginning next week, I’ll have a series of...
Over a week ago, I had the privilege of leading a breakout session with another writer in the writing guild I am a member of (Redbud Writing Guild), titled “Centering Color, Race & Culture in our Writing”. We shared a couple of examples of centering...
I’m starting something new here on Fridays. I’m calling it the: It could be something funny and frivolous. It could be something fascinating. Or, it could be something serious and thought-provoking (I tried really hard to find a word that means...
Names tell us who we are and where we belong. For years, I lamented the fact I did not have a simple American nickname to make life easier, for you and me both… Read the rest of my post today at The Mudroom Blog: See, Say, Spell, Repeat *picture...
<Warning: spoiler alert! If you have not yet seen the movie, the post below is full of spoilers. > I watched the movie “God’s Not Dead” recently with a group of teens and some parents. Our local movie theater offers a $5 ticket for all movies...
We used to have it. In this culture. But… not so much anymore. Not too long ago, people were out of their homes, more than they are now. Not too long ago, neighbors knew each other by name, and then some. Not too long ago, kids ran around with the other kids in...
