Last weekend Val had her first choir concert and it was full of excitement and insanity, equal parts. She fell sick the morning of the (two-day) concert and it took a grand orchestration of human will, parental intervention and heavenly grace to make her first concert come to realization. She was so excited, we knew [...]
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the always imperfect
Posted in Life after, family, just thinkin' on December 16, 2009 | 11 Comments »
letter to my in-laws
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, family on July 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
My relationship with my in-laws have always been polite and pleasant. They treat me well, and with respect. They are open-minded, good-hearted folks who loves to try new things and to travel. They are mostly supportive of us. But, we live on different continents and do not communicate much. I mean, me and them. (R [...]
popo
Posted in family on July 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Popo means “grandmother” in the Hainanese dialect.
When I say grandmother, I am talking about my maternal grandmother, for I have no connections whatsoever with the paternal side of my family.
This letter I write, for my two girls:
My dear girls,
I love talking about popo. I think it is important that you know more about her. Without [...]
my mother
Posted in family, just gibberish on June 25, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I did not expect myself to cry over her pending surgery. The one to remove her entire left breast, because it’s lining is cancerous.
Does it mean that blood is always thicker than water?
My mother and I had never really been close.
I was born eleven months after my brother was. The two of us is all [...]
