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One year ago (almost exactly), I was emerging from my six weeks of hospitalization and embracing the beauty of life renewed after so many days of illness and so many surgeries and so many questions and so many doctors. In the aftermath of The Summer of Hospitals, my goal for Summer 2015 has been to…
Joppa by the Sea
I have arrived in Israel and my official duties begin in less than two hours, meaning that my vacation is about to end. No guarantee of any more real-time blogging, okay? With just 30 hours in Tel Aviv (and hopefully a majority of that sleeping), time to explore is minimal but delightful. My flight…
Airbnb Retreat in Yale, BC
One-on-one brainstorming, late-night gab sessions, mid-morning soul-talk, lingering conversation over a cup of cooling coffee, relaxed dinnertime discussions, meandering breakfast dialogue. I crave community and this is community in an airbnb retreat23 Six like-minded ladies in a heritage home for twenty hours. A baker, a blogger, a community facilitator, a photographer, a writer. Several moms,…
Hope & a Facial
I giggle to admit it, but everything I know about hope I had opportunity to remember in a recent spa day gone horribly wrong. As I surrendered to the aestheticians control, I quickly realized that she was not one worth trusting. In a series of mis- and non-communications, my relaxation splurge (don’t judge: it was…
Duyen Learns English
Her front wheel wobbled the teeniest bit as she made the sharp turn off the dusty asphalt and onto the dirt path. The drop off was always the same – and it always caught her off guard. Her long white ao dai danced behind her as she hopped off the bike and scampered into her…
I went to Vietnam
He’s sitting on the back of his Dad’s motorbike. All day at school, he’s been dying to read the latest installment in his comic book series, but it isn’t until now that he’s allowed. The end of the day is coming, the light will soon fade, but he’s going to eek every word he can…