The above photo is of tea cups awaiting the Chinese tea ceremony we participated in on Saturday as part of B’s brother’s marriage celebrations. Each cup received two lotus seeds and two red dates over which the tea is poured before being served to each elder family member by the marrying couple who kneel in [...]
I turned away a friend who needed a place to stay last night for the first time in my life. In the midst of my abundance, this just feels plain wrong – no matter what the backstory is. But at the same time the idea of this friend staying in my house sends me into [...]
My friend Peter gave a long comment in response to last week’s post about social awkwardness and I really appreciated both its length and insight – so I’m posting it as a blog post as well as leaving it in the comment to my other post. Hope that’s okay Peter!
Sorry for the delay, I’ve been [...]
Right around the time I became an aunt for the first time, when my nephew was born a few months ago, it occurred to me that once Brian and I are married I will officially become an aunt to eight other children as well. And not only that! I will become the sister-in-law to six [...]
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