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December 2011

December 05, 2011

Post-Weekend Away, Thanksgiving and Christmas Party Blues

As of this morning, I'm the fattest I've been at any time of my life...

December 01, 2011

Welcoming Advent or the Necessity of Cheap Chocolate

“It’s so unfair, how come the Advent chocolate calendar doesn’t start on the first day...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Thanks for what?

This Thanksgiving we tried a new tradition. Our friends Jeff and Tara created a practice...

November 23, 2011

The Show must go on. . . even if your Pants are Falling Down!

"I think Ren's losing his pants," whispered Scott as we watched Annie Get Your Gun...

November 21, 2011

Our Saga towards a Black Belt

This past weekend was momentous--Kai and Ren in 4 shows of Annie Get Your Gun...

November 17, 2011

Chinese Thanksgiving, Hawaiian Style

It's Thursday, so this post is published on Patheos. Click here to read it!29 years...

November 16, 2011

Why my Thighs won’t be in our Christmas Picture This Year

Well frankly, all you ladies know exactly why, and most of you gents as well.Last...

November 14, 2011

Ma mere, Kathy

Kai-Kai has a family album project due tomorrow and just showed it to me. Here's...

November 11, 2011

Jesus and the Helicopter Mom

On Monday, I led our church’s Mom-to-Mom group through a Bible study on the helicopter...

November 10, 2011

Rookie of the Year!

Last night Scott and I made a point of attending the swim team banquet with...

November 07, 2011

The Help was so good–why can’t I remember it?

2 weekends ago, all 3 kids went on a church retreat which meant Scott and...

November 03, 2011

The Pleasure of a Banned Book

A week ago, I took away Ling's library books, banning her from reading them.Growing up,...

November 02, 2011

What’s so bad about FUGGs?

"Today was a good day," Kai-Kai said when I picked her up from play rehearsal,...

November 01, 2011

Kicked out of Trick-or-Treating

Last night I was excluded from trick-or-treating. As has been our tradition for many years,...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

The Way to my Heart is Through my Feet

A couple nights ago, Kai-Kai came into our bedroom after Scott and I had both...

October 25, 2011

Why am I the bad cop?

It was a rough weekend.At one point, after a day of bickering and wrangling with...

October 20, 2011

Glad to know SOMEONE felt better

2 days ago, as I chit-chatted with a friend before our faculty leaders meeting, he...

October 18, 2011

The Blessing (and Curse) of Chinese Hospitality

2 summers ago, when we spent a month in China working with a house church,...

October 17, 2011

i don wan 2 talk 2 u. U no y

While I was in Chicago last week on a business trip, here's the communication that...

October 13, 2011

The Proof of My Love

Last week Thursday, the day before my biggest work weekend of the year, the day...

October 10, 2011

Boy Parts vs. Girl Parts–More on Gender and Justice

All right, I know what you thought I was going to write on. . ....

October 04, 2011

Mike Chang, Glee and The Asian “F”

Tonight was a good night for Asian-Americans and Gleeks. Thousands of us heaved a big...

October 03, 2011

Toilet Paper Distribution, or how Equality and Justice aren’t the Same Thing

At our church, once a month, I get to serve on the set-up team. One...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

The Chinese Problem with Hugs

I am not a touchy sort of person. Physical affection is most definitely NOT one...

September 28, 2011

A Guest Blog by Kai-Kai: My Agitating Kinfolks

For the first time ever, I'm featuring a guest blogger, my daughter Kai-Kai, who wrote...

September 27, 2011

Fierce Conversations

Back in February, I borrowed Fierce Conversations, written by Susan Scott, from my friends Jeff and Tara....

September 26, 2011

Real Leaders, Real Bosses, Failure Parents

Dad, as we drive to church while I'm ripping the kids for not cleaning the...

September 21, 2011

Sports Mama. . . Not

In so many movies and novels, a wounded, emotionally-stunted protagonist (maybe even a serial killer)...

September 19, 2011

Annie, Shoot your Gun Already!

SPOILER ALERT! Don't read if you don't want to know what happens at the end...

September 16, 2011

Parenthood

Last week, the whole family watched the movie Parenthood to celebrate Labor Day Eve.Friends recently...