Random Sunday Funny: Isaiah calls the vacuum KIKI. If you’ve spent any time with him in our home, you know that there are four of us that live here: Me, Nick, Isaiah, and Kiki. Kiki is talked about everyday and if she doesn’t make an appearance at least twice a day, it’s not a good […]
Author: Lisa
Women Should Drink Up! – Caffeine, Women, and Depression
I’m not an advocate for coffee or caffeine. Not by a long shot. I think the parade of lines that flow out of chain coffee shops like Starbucks is ridiculous; paying as much as $3.50 for a cup of coffee that you can make for less than a dollar at home. I think that frequently […]
Family Matters
The more stories I hear of people’s lives, the more I am convinced that the issue of family is, by far, the most dominant issue of our lives. Our opinions may be torn on fiscal responsibility and the true factors of the economic downturn, but, get 10 people in a room, ask “Would you rather […]
Covered in Mud
I took Isaiah to the park this evening, trying to take advantage of the 74 degree evening. We lapped the empty baseball diamond as I showed him how to hit a homer, run the bases, and jump up and down at home plate. He giggled furiously. He got so hyper so started running away from […]
Quote from WonderHub
Nick is not one to give quotes but last night he told me that he read a quote that had stayed with him all day: Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is prioritizing something else over your fear. I getting in touch with my fear. Like, the tranquil pond of fear that lies […]
Spiritual Grub: God on 9/11
In reflecting about the anniversary of 9/11, it seems that the deeper the tragedy, the more media has to say. We are saturated with pictures, images, and voices, each network competing with documentaries, interviews, reruns of original news coverage, and sports teams opening their games with moving ceremonies to fill our minds and hearts with […]
A Letter to My Son on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Dear Isaiah, You’re almost 21 months old and full of unpredictable moments. TEET TEET is what you say when asked what noise a bird makes. You are obsessed – OBSESSED, I tell you – with bikes. So much so, your father hid the one bike we do have in our basement. Taking it from the […]
Things I Learned in Therapy: #1 The Here and Now is Pretty Fabulous
D* my wise therapist says we all have an inner brat. Not inner voice. Not egocentric tendencies. A BRAT. I picture a pigtailed girl, arms crossed, sitting in her closet till she gets here way. The BRAT in all of us is the warped and self-centered part of our souls that truly believes (despite all […]
Social Media Experiment: Go Back in Time
I recently read an article announcing that FB will be adding a music platform to their service. At the end of the article I said to Nick who was sitting across from me on another couch, “Think back to your 1998 self. I’m going to read four sentences to you. Think back to 1998 and […]
Interracial Dating
Up at Racialicious, there is a roundtable about interracial dating and I served on the South Asian panel (holla Pinoys! represent!). I wish I had more time and energy to expand my thoughts and reflections on the topic — it’s always good for me to remember where I’ve been and how I want to raise […]