May 2015 archive

12 Lessons from 12 Years of Marriage

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"Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all." --  Joyce Brothers

My husband and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary last May 24. We both couldn’t believe it’s been 12 years! We’re still learning so much about how to manage a marriage that we feel like we’re both still new at this. Haha!

Our marriage has its crazy twists and turns, but it also has many moments of joyful serenity. We’ve learned a few things through the course of our journey. Here are some that have been making our marriage work. Read more…

Epilogue: One Year Later That Day (A Short Story)

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Epilogue

I went to the studio to see if he still worked there. It has been a year since we met, and I was certain I was just one of the many faces he saw that day. I remembered him distinctly wearing a black jacket, white shirt and slacks – his uniform, actually. And then I found myself back at his workplace, one year later, just wondering if he still worked there…

His head turned towards me and he smiled back. “Hi! Can I help you?”

“Uh,” I stammered. “I was um, wondering when the next tour schedule is.” How could I have thought he’d friggin’ remember me? Read more…

A To-Do List Surprise

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Keep calm and smile, Mommy!

I have this notebook full of to-do lists — the grocery list, the day’s running expenses, documents I have to complete for work. It’s quite a stressful notebook, you might say. So imagine my surprise when I was about to write a fresh to-do list one morning and found this cute little image when I flipped a page. Read more…

Missing Out on Playtime

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Yesterday I spent the day at home, down with cough, colds, a migraine and a slight fever. It really sucked. The frustrating part wasn’t the incessant coughing, the frequent blowing of the nose, the need to sleep every 10 minutes or the annoying piercing pain in the head. I can handle all those with some medicine, a dark room and sleep. What was most frustrating was being at home with my son and not getting to play with him at all. Read more…

Stories while watching you (A Short Story)

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Stories

Gentleman in the business suit. Trying to read the paper. I know he’s trying to. He hasn’t flipped the page in the past five minutes. And his eyes aren’t moving in that reading way. Maybe he’s thinking of the girlfriend he broke up with this morning. He regrets it now, knowing it was just a moment of weakness she gave into. If he took her back though, she might do it again. He’s a romantic with limits. Read more…

Loving Osaka: A Glimpse of our Visit

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Flowers all a-bloom on one of the streets. They were contained in a small area but were bursting with pretty blooms.

Osaka. Last week, my colleagues and I had the chance to visit Osaka. I’ve never been to Japan, but the moment I got off the plane I fell in love with the country. Call it love at first sight. Everything was so orderly. Everyone so polite. We were in Osaka for a few days. Here are some of the pictures from our trip! Read more…

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