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Karin K Jensen
The Magic of Kindness to Cheer You Up and Boost Immunity
She was sixteen, thin from malnourishment, and alone. In 1939, my mother returned to the U.S. after four years in China, where her father had sent her to live in his ancestral village to keep her cheaply while he paid down debts.
After Death, Simple Furnishing Becomes Powerful Artifact
When my mother passed away, and Dad moved to a senior apartment, it fell to me to purge their home of forty years. Sorting through decades of photos, clothes, dishes, and art, I relentlessly gifted, sold, donated, and tossed. But one extraneous item that I couldn’t part with was Mom’s vanity. Disposing of it would have felt like trashing an altar.
From Floundering to Hopeful - A 2020 Lesson In Perspective
I never expected quarantine to last so long. Naively, I thought this was a chance for our country to unify. I joined other crafters in making masks for family and friends. When local photographers offered porch portraits to raise funds for charities, we picked one raising funds for Meals on Wheels.
A Remarkable Love Story When Interracial Marriage Was Forbidden
I was born to my Chinese mother and Caucasian father in 1964, three years before the United States legalized interracial marriage nationwide. My mother recalled that people stared when she and Dad took me out in the carriage.
A Wondrous Book That Will Help You Discuss Death With Children
Book Review: “A Map Into the World” by Kao Kalia Yang. My mother’s death wasn’t unexpected, but it still hit me like a ton of bricks. I wept for days, then gradually entered the spacey phase of grief where I accidentally locked myself out of the house, stabbed myself with a fork while cooking, and repeatedly forgot what I had walked into a room to do. And I still had to look after my girls, eight and ten years old.
Do You Love Totoro’s World? Read This Charming Memoir
The first time I watched Hayao Miyazaki’s animated fantasy film, My Neighbor Totoro, I was captivated by the themes of connection with a spiritually alive nature, the introduction to Japanese Shinto culture, and the funny and warm relationships between family members.
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Writing About Asian American history, arts, and culture. Author: The Strength of Water, an Asian American Coming of Age Memoir.
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