Month: October 2010
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A Crossroad
I knew it should have been a sign when a year ago I fought hard to get permission to take a semester off from my doctoral studies. Truthfully, I should have just continued through, but something inside me felt that I needed to take a break. When my semester off ended, I still was not…
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A seed is planted…
Tonight I watched “In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee” a film by Deann Borshay Liem. Soon I will write a review, but it was a very interesting documentary. (Thanks to my BFF and another friend for telling me about these films!) As I watched, there’s a scene where Liem goes to the Social Welfare…
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Bloated Blogging
I’m finding it a little hard to keep up with the blogging. How do professional bloggers do it? Maybe they don’t have jobs or lives…? Sometimes I wonder if we depend too much on these blogs to connect us to the world, to share with random people, to leave our digital footprint, to… what end?…
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I’ve been Googled
The other day I was using the laptops in class with my students. They had some extra time and they asked me if I am on Facebook. I explained, yes, but they wouldn’t be able to find me. They were determined to try and I said, if they could find me, I would “friend” them.…
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Overwhelmed
My mind is overwhelmed with my sudden intake of adoption stories. I was watching the PBS POV show last night and wanted to to watch the other one out but I need a wee break from it. I wrote a review for the documentary “Adopted” and it was found and posted on Facebook. Crazy… should…
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Omma Odi? 2
My dearest birth mother, It’s been 33 years since I last looked at your familiar face, last heard your loving voice, last felt your warm heart beating against mine, last touched your soft hands. It’s been 33 years since I knew safety and trust at my very core. It’s been 33 years since I smiled…
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Omma Odi? 1
Here are a few writings I’ve been working on: —- Dear Omoni, Where did you go just moments after you left me for the last time? Did you hide somewhere to cry at the loss of your flesh and blood? Or did you hold your head up high and pretend that everything was going to…
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The ideas are flowing…
It’s been difficult for me to gather together my thoughts and direction lately. While I’m still working and doing my PhD, I feel as if I’m beginning to straddle multiple worlds and am not yet certain how they are going to co-exist or if they can at all. World 1 For some time, I’ve felt…
