Tag: 2021
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Reflections: Week of Reflections 1
Click here to see my post on FB showing a video of pics as part of the One Second A Day that represent moments of the past year. Since holiday decorations 🎄are considered to be acceptable until the 7th of January, I am borrowing that acceptance when it comes to reflecting and planning for the…
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Reflections: Making Life Meaningful
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…
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Christmas Season
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,…
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Beginning End-of-Year Reflections
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.…
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Thanksgiving 2021
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…
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Creative Envy
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…
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Expanding My Boundaries
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…
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Nesting Challenges
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…
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My Dislike of Halloween
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…
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If I am Found, does it mean I am lost?
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…
