Blog
This is a collection of stories and daily musings.
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The morning I picked some calamansi fruit
While I was thinking out loud about how I wish we still had calamansi that I could add to my warm cup of honey drink, my cousin-in-law told me that I could pick them fresh from the backyard. It was probably my addled brain, still trying to put into context my change of environment—from the Read more
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Reading the Bible in one year again
It’s that time of the year again to commit to reading the Bible in one year. 🎉 I used to read the Bible in one year every year (which I wrote about here) until a significant life transition reorganized how I spent my days, which in turn encouraged me to focus on reading and rereading Read more
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Diving deeper
I had a dream I had a dream, and in it, my husband said we should find a pearl. But then, after some contemplation, he said, “Why not let’s look for an oyster, and perhaps we’d find more pearls than we could ever have than just by looking for THAT ONE PEARL.” We thought about Read more
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On being part of a family (and why you can’t opt out of caring)
There was a night when I thought about what family actually meant. It wasn’t about obligation; it was about showing up to lift a member when they are struggling without waiting for them to cry for help. Being in a family means you are willing to carry a load that’s not even yours to carry Read more
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Finding the bridges
For two days, I’ve sat in conference halls listening to academics share their research findings—one presentation of data and models after another—and I can’t help but wonder how we can make our work pique others’ interest without losing them in all the jargon. Are academic conferences supposed to be technical all the time? Or can Read more
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