I learned so much when I unexpectedly lost my dad. This pandemic hijacked my grief. Right at the peak of the anger phase.
I wanted to share what I learned about life and the logistics of planning my first funeral....
My Family History
I am a proud Asian-American mom. I grew up in an Asian household. Both my parents were born in Vietnam. My mom was born next to an ox in the barn that her family owned. My father...
We are living in days that will be recorded in history books. Sometimes we don't think about that as we are struggling through another day of working from home with toddlers underfoot or managing distance learning for multiple children...
Every family has a story. In fact, I think most families have stories worthy of at least a Lifetime movie, if not a book deal. Many of our stories are full of unique plot twists we never saw coming....
“Jeez, hasn’t she ever heard of Shipt?”
I looked down, stung, as my four-year-old wailed about not getting the toy she wanted. My two-year-old screamed because her older sister kicked her. Then the baby, who had ripped open a box...
I am not a teacher.
When I worked at my last office job, we took a StrengthsFinder test. Out of nine strengths, teaching was my very least strength! Seriously. It is not my strength. It might even be my number...
Parenting During the Coronavirus Crisis
So here we are in coronavirus quarantine ("coro-tine") day 1,234,000. We are tired, anxious, a little tipsy, exhausted, and bored. Our kids are now off any routine, they are eating us all out of house...
Like many other moms out there in the world, I tend to get in bed at the end of a long day with a lot on my mind. This mental list may or may not include the following:
the...
You often hear people compare their lives to balancing plates or juggling balls. The only issue with this analogy is that it puts everything we are balancing on the same spectrum.
I recently heard someone make this analogy and a...
March is Women’s History Month. I love being a mom, but it is incredibly challenging sometimes. I feel like things such as picky eating, potty-training, and toddler tantrums are fairly easy to handle. But when it comes to the...
In + Around Birmingham
Guide to Tea Houses in Alabama
Allow me to introduce one of my favorite types of establishment: the tea house. If you've been to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, you may...
