The Flu + Three kids = ???

Min Yi | August 17, 2010

I had the flu this week. It completely knocked me out. Like many of my illnesses, I took it as an opportunity to listen to my body which possess far greater wisdom than I (the ego). The most I could come up with was that I needed more rest than I’d been giving myself. As [...]

NYC 2010, Immigration

Min Yi | July 6, 2010

Why do people immigrate? Why do we leave everything we know to be our world to venture to the unknown? Spending almost all of one’s savings to bring few valuables and start anew. My son asked me a similar question when we visited Ellis Island/Statue of Liberty. I asked myself the same questions growing up [...]

NYC 2010, Mom

Min Yi | June 27, 2010

The strength and ferocity my mother possesses has scared me many times as a child and even as a grownup. Part of my adaptation skills was to learn to stand up for myself and give her a bit of her own medicine, though it often ended in volatile explosions which neither of us enjoyed. How [...]

Wedding Vows

Min Yi | June 22, 2010

Cameron and I remarried after 10 years of marriage and birth of three boys. On June 18, 2010, we exchanged new vows we wrote to each other in front of our dear friends… Cameron: If not for me, Min Yi, you would most certainly be loved by the masses. As it is, my heart channels [...]

NYC 2010, 2 hours with dad

Min Yi | June 15, 2010

My dad had Sunday afternoon and Monday morning off of work from Atlantic City, New Jersey, the casino Mecca of the East Coast. Sunday afternoon, my brother-in-law and his family (beloved cousins of my son) were visiting NYC, my father being so shy, I had to come to terms with the fact that I could [...]