special thanks to mary ann for this beautiful treasure

hope your holidays were full of joy and love…

{little bits of joy from my home…candycane mice, roses and evergreens specially delivered, homemade printed market totes, mini canvas ornaments made by little hands, spicy hot kimchee jige for breakfast, snow and the wonder of winter in all it’s [...]

35 years ago this picture was taken. that’s me…in the white bundle, and my young parents and my nana full of happiness and hope, amidst the chaos of JFK airport, having just recieved me off the airplane. i loved to hear my mom tell me the story of my arrival ~ how i was left [...]

because i love my husband…i soften when the phone rings every morning at 8:30, knowing it’s himi see him in the shape of my son’s lips and his curiosity, and it makes me smilei forgive him every timei dream of our future with so many years still aheadi hate that our bed is so big [...]

a hospital is a portal to a zillion different dimentions. it is a place where humanity and biology both interlace and bisect one another in a delicate yet compelling dance. so many lives are simultaneously unfolding under this one vast roof, each one burning hot and true at the center of its own little universe [...]

what is better than…

making crazy gingerbread houses with glurpy icing and too hard candies and lots of laughs, especially when the roof slides off and crashes to the floor

homemade gifties like this record-bowl and herb packs to toast your cold toes, pictures drawn by little hands and notecards sewn with love

friends arriving wrapped in hats [...]

4:45 husband kisses me goodbye in the dark.
5:30am “mom? can you come in here a minute? i need you.” “it’s almost morning. you’re ok.” “noooooo! i need to go potty” “then go ahead.” (footsteps)

5:45 “mom? is it time to get up yet?” “not yet. five more minutes”

6:30 “mom? is five minutes up yet?” “one minute [...]