Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • Relationships always have ups and downs, whether romantic or platonic. I value my relationships as treasures and gifts that can never be replaced, because – well – they can’t. Whether or not one believes in God or a higher being, it shouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination nor acceptance to acknowledge that people come in and out of our lives for a reason. Sometimes these reasons are to teach us something, sometimes…

  • M is a December child, so we generally try to respect his birthday as separate to the holiday season. However, in recent years, he seems to be more into the Christmas spirit than his birthday – aside from his 50th last year – perhaps aging is less desirable the older he gets? 🤷🏽‍♀️ This year, one reason for an early start has been because we are excited about the new house and we…

  • Last year, I sort of skipped my usual month-long period of reflection and envisioning what the next year will look like for me. For the world, 2020 will be a year remembered as when our concept of normal started to be redefined. Looking back, 2021 has been an even better year than 2020 for me/us. We managed to nearly finish our Italian residency (when that is done – with card in hand –…

  • **Found this in my draft folder from sometime in 2019, but still feels apt now, so publishing anyway. 🙂 ** I moved away from my home because I hate the rain. If it weren’t for my family, I would probably never go back because most of my life there was spent in a state of depression. Sounds too dramatic, doesn’t it? Okay, I admit I have many happy memories and everyone knows that…

  • It’s my favorite holiday to celebrate 🎉. Ever since I found myself settled in a home and the first time we all gathered as a family for the holiday, I have associated Thanksgiving with food, laughter, and community. I remember that we went around the table saying something we were thankful for and I made everyone laugh when I said “I’m thankful for a family”. I suppose that it took the concept of…

  • For the TUA platform, we have had a few events that share the creative works of others. As I experience the events, I find myself envious of the community and the expression of their work. As a child, I desperately wanted to share my stories and searched for others to hear my words. Yet, I never really did. My mother would read my stories and critique for grammar or flow, but if she…

  • When is it oversharing and when is it providing the story behind or into someone’s world?  Wanting fame and fortune has always been an aspiration of mankind. History shares stories of the rise and fall of individuals and civilizations based on this desire. People have lied, cheated, and even killed for notoriety. However, is it possible to have a more altruistic approach to rising in reputation? Recently, I made my Instagram account private.…

  • With our settling in to the new “forever” home, I have been having some internal struggles. A home represents who one is both as individuals and as the whole unit of those who live in the shared space. Therefore, expressing my own style while combining that of M’s has challenges. To be fair, we do not drastically differ; and for the most part we are in agreement with the general ideal look of…

  • I thought for sure I had written about my disdain for this commercialized, over-hyped, not really a holiday, excuse to be ‘weird’ day. However, it seems that it was in 2010 that I last wrote about it. So, a little piece 11 years later, and over a week since it has past this year, isn’t too bad. There are actually some aspects of Halloween that I do like. One of my fondest memories…

  • I have just finished watching the Netflix documentary Found. As it is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM), which is not something I really pay much attention to but due to running The Universal Asian, I have to be somewhat aware, at least. This article from the Huffington Post made me nod quite a few times as it is also why I tend not to celebrate these kinds of ‘awareness’ days/months, etc. Still, as…

Subscribe Now

Creative Meanderings

Join my list of subscribers

Stay in the loop to know about my new posts.

Sign up