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Tag Archives: motherhood
Silver Chain Love: a Mother’s Day Celebration
Plumster likes to make necklaces and bracelets. When she was five, my mother taught her how to make Chinese knotting and equipped her with a complete tool kit and colored silk cords. Plumster has been lavishing me with various intricate wearable arts ever since. When I saw that … Continue reading
Posted in KIDS
Tagged abbot kinney, arts and crafts, career woman, jewelery making, mother's day, motherhood, silver, Todd Reed
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MOMENTS: Happy Hour
Imagine you had one of those hectic clinic days where while working on the plan of one patient your pager was going off incessantly; so while answering these pages about ten other different patients, you happened to glance over your … Continue reading
Posted in CAREER, HOME, MUSING
Tagged after work, career woman, family, happy hour, home, life, meditation, motherhood, nature
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“Well, I was pretending to be a bird…”
It’s never good when you get a text at work from your husband with the word “fracture” in it, and the immediate phone conversation with your child starts with, “well, I was pretending to be a bird…”. Our Baby Monkey … Continue reading
Posted in HEALTH, KIDS, PARENTING
Tagged family, fracture, high energy child, home life, Kids, Mammoth, motherhood, parenting, parenting styles, playground accident, ski
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All I Want for Christmas
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year! With the kids jingle belling. And everyone telling you ‘Be of good cheer’. It’s the most wonderful time of the year!’ The speaker in the mall happily chimes on the Harrry Connick … Continue reading
Posted in COUPLE, HOME, KIDS, PARENTING
Tagged Christmas list, family, Giada De Laurentiis, holiday, home life, humor, Mary Poppins, motherhood, Mr Sandman, Popeye, Santa, The Mysterious Benedict Society
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My CEO Mother
Mom has always been actively involved in her career throughout my childhood. When I was little and people asked me what my mother did, I told them that her company made this music equipment that you can sing with. It would … Continue reading
Silkie to the Rescue
I did not return to work this Monday as planned. Prior to my surgery, I had requested for three weeks off from work, believing that I’d be ready to get back into the swing of things in three weeks. A … Continue reading
Posted in EATS, HEALTH
Tagged abalone, asian food, Eastern Medicine, ginseng, medicine, motherhood, Silkie, wolfberries, zen buddhism
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Ruby Slippers
There is a funny cartoon that’s been circulating in the social media lately, about what doing house work is like with and without kids. I couldn’t help but empathize and laugh so hard that my scar hurts. I want to … Continue reading
Sleep Training — Part 3
WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO HARD?!!!! She screams and cries and pleas, for that broken bond between us. I wonder if sleep training does any psychological damage to a child… MK and I decided that it’s time to … Continue reading
Sleep Crying
Well, sleep training worked for only one day so far. Sugarplum did not like the idea of sleep training at all. Not one bit. Yesterday was a disaster. I was too soft sometimes. Monkey King didn’t want me to pick … Continue reading
Sleep Training
MK joked that sleep training is what babies do to us, and not the other way around. Funny and all so wise. We’ve been talking about letting Plum try to go to sleep on her own since her 4-month pediatrician … Continue reading
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