Monthly Archives: December 2018

Today IKEA announced the finalists in their homepage. You can see the winners in this page. I personally wanted my daughter’s artwork to win and a bit disappointed at the fact hers didn’t win. My daughter reacted different from me. She was excited and happy for the winners. She praised all the winner’s artworks fromContinue reading “IKEA soft toy contest finalists announcement 12/17/2018”

Our trip to Japan is coming closer and closer. My daughter and I are so excited about it. My daughter often talks about our last trip to Japan. It was October in 2017. My last trip to Japan was very emotional for me, because I had not seen my parents for the previous seven years.Continue reading “Changing my reaction 12/16/2018”

Today my family and I finally took out our Christmas tree from the garage and decorated it. In previous years we used to prepare for Christmas right after Thanksgiving Day. In some years even before Thanksgiving Day. This year though, we had been so occupied with other chores that we didn’t have time to doContinue reading “Getting ready for Christmas 12/15/2018”

This morning in my dream, my family and I were celebrating for our brand new house. It was our dream house. Three of us loved it. First, I saw the house layout from a human’s perspective, by entering from the entrance door, as we usually do. Then, my conscious floated up-high and checked the entireContinue reading “Dream house 12/14/2018”

Two weeks ago, my daughter’s art club teacher encouraged my daughter to submit her artwork to the contest. The contest is presented by the organization in Tucson. The first prize winner will be awarded a $100 gift card to purchase their preferred art materials. My daughter draw a picture of a girl riding a pony.Continue reading “Submitted to the art contest 12/13/2018”

I have been reading Christiane Northrup’s book Mother-Daughter Wisdom. The author is an OB-GYN, or obstetrician-gynecologist. Through her job, she has experienced and witnessed many baby deliveries. In her book, she talks about the gender preference in previous generation when baby boys were valued than baby girls. She shared one of her patent’s story. TheContinue reading “Male‐dominated society 12/12/2018”

This is an update of the issue happened to my daughter and me on last Friday. I set an appointment with the school principal this evening. Right after my husband and I went into his office, he looked into my eyes and sincerely apologized for not replying back to me sooner. He was out ofContinue reading “Fruitful meeting 12/11/2018”

Back in 2005 and 2006, I had stayed for three months each at my in-laws’ house as their spiritually adopted daughter. Those days my dad-in-law was busy serving as a Navajo traditional peacemaker and traveling a lot. I would tag along with him and learned from him as his apprentice. In such days, I metContinue reading “The power of somebody’s belief 12/10/2018”