JFK – TPE
I did not think I was acting foolishly. As an entitled American, I showed up at JFK with a Taiwanese passport that expired in 1998. …
Family
The Open Season of College Admission
Yesterday I read an LA Times article called “Helping teens weather the blow of college rejection letters.” My son is a junior in high school, …
The Loss
Most people will grieve at least three times in a lifetime, over parents, siblings, spouse, and…maybe a child. My time of bereavement has not come. …
Boys Don’t Cry, But Fathers Do
I was 21, not even dating, but I was already thinking about my big day. I would use it as an arsenal against my father. …
Big Two
“How did your trip to Houston go?” A friend asked at a luncheon following the Easter service. I paused for a second and decided that I …
A Christmas Gift
The Christmas season came and left in a hurry. As the bin of flattened cardboard boxes was carted out to the sidewalk, I breathed a …
Live the Same Day Over and Over Again
I love the movie 50 First Dates so much that I watched it twice. The vivacious Lucy played by Drew Barrymore suffers short-term memory loss …
Hurricane Harvey and the Epic Flood
After a long and full day last Sunday, I noticed my phone was unusually hyperactive with beeps and buzzes. I reached for my phone to …
An Easter Reflection
We celebrated Easter this past Sunday and enjoyed an unseasonably warm day. It was 85 degrees in the middle of April, with plenty of sunshine …
Sisterhood
Maple doesn’t have a sister. Actually, I take it back. Maple once had a sister, who filled her imagination so wonderfully. When Maple was six …