There are plenty of things my kids will not have the chance to experience, such as… ~ Cars with manual windows ~ Going to a music store to browse through CD’s (I could almost say the same thing about books except for the fact there is still a Half Price Books in our city) ~ […]
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My kids have banned me from taking pictures of them. Actually, to clarify, my son is the one who banned me and my daughter, being the adores-her-older-brother-and-always-copies-him-much-to-his-dismay younger sibling, has followed suit. Even on our recent vacation, every time I pulled out my pink (thanks to hubby!) camera, one of them would yell out, “No
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Image courtesy of Sira Anamwong/freedigitalphotos.net Grief is a funny thing. It has a way of sneaking up on you when you least expect it and bowls you over with its crushing weight. It remembers too much and with more details than you can bear to swallow. It fades away too slowly even though days, months
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Image courtesy of fotographic1980/freedigitalphotos.net I’ve been fortunate enough to not have had my heart seriously broken before (aside from a few minor letdowns before anything really panned out). And I’m grateful to have only broken two hearts in my lifetime, and both incidents were more like hairline fractures than breaks. I’ve seen plenty of heartbreak
In light of my recent post about growing older and wiser, I was thinking of the lessons I’ve learned over the years and how I would have done things differently in the past if I had known then what I know now. Of course, hindsight is always 20/20. But to clarify, this is not a
I think, like many parents do, that my kids are my pride and joy. But to be more specific, E is my pride and C is my joy. My firstborn has taught me from the get-go how to be a better person and parent. (I have a whole other blog dedicated to all the lessons
The morning rush to school! Hubby dropped off E at kindergarten yesterday. They were a tad bit late (yes, we are Chinese), so instead of the usual goodbye kiss, E ran off to sit with his classmates for group time. As hubby was hanging up E’s backpack and jacket, he heard the teacher speak.
Our doggie pal, Sparkle, went to doggie heaven today. After a decade of living with us, he is now resting peacefully and pain free. The past year was a hard one on him with several recurring infections that just wouldn’t go away even with multiple rounds of antibiotics. Despite his illnesses, he kept amazing us
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I used to think it was funny whenever people would compliment our kids and hubby would proudly say, “Thank you!” That’s because I feel like complimenting someone’s child is indirectly giving the parent(s) a compliment as well. That’s because kids are the “creation” of their parents; they did get all their genetic make up from
There’s one question that my kids have been asking me rather often lately: “Are you not happy?” Hm…why, do I not look like I’m having the time of my life? Do I look as pooped and cranky as I feel? Do I feel overworked and under-appreciated? Well, I guess the answer according to the look
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