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Click

As a very young child, I hated the click of my bedroom light switch at night as it announced my parents’ departure. I am told my panic...

Navigating Race Within Our Own Families

As a child, I didn’t think much about being a foreigner in my own family – despite what the mirror told me every day. As an adult with...

Pink Sunsets

Pink sunsets remind me of the evening we poured my adoptive grandmother’s ashes into the Gulf of Mexico. Stop reading this post if...

Violent Tears

Brought to violent tears. The kind that echoes childhood and primal pitches as emotions tumble onto the floor. Ukrainian news provoked...

Magic Korean Powder 11/18/2021

Gochugaru = Magic Korean Powder Unlike the outrageously powerful (and delicious) kick of Latin peppers, gochugaru steeps into your...

Kimjang and Kimchi 10/27/2021

Driving home with 2½ gallons of kimchi, sporting red splatters on my coat from the gochugaru (Korean red chili powder) mixture, I looked...

Genetic Anarchy 10/13/2021

Today is my favorite niece’s birthday. She is movie star beautiful, sensitive, and artistic... but my favorite quality is her sense of...

Sunflowers and Power Tools 09/21/2021

I had a jack-slapping moment this weekend after the conclusion of our successful garage sale. The reality of being non-White struck me...

Toddlers and Tears 09/01/2021

As I watched my beautiful adult daughter wipe her tears through my iPad screen as she shared her heartbreak, something inside me...

Tossing Tchotchkes 08/20/2021

Tossing tchotchkes is the task. Strengthening relationships is the new focus. We have the first world luxury of downsizing as our...