Evening with Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting

Min Yi | February 27, 2011

Here are some nuggets of information I brought home from Kim John Payne’s Feb 25, 2011 lecture in Portland Oregon that inspired me (in my own words and with my own slant, of course): My favorite quote: “Arnica for the soul”. My favorite re-frame: The Disorder, Quirky, and Genius spectrum. My favorite idea: The gift of [...]

Chinese New Year: Love and Gratitude

Min Yi | February 21, 2011

Chinese New Year is the holiday I remember celebrating most as a child. I would wear my nice clothes and go out to Chinatown with my mom and brother. We’d walk through the streets thronged with people, dragon dances and endless noise of fire crackers. We’d wait for what seemed like hours to get a table [...]

Poem by Novalis

Min Yi | September 24, 2010

“When geometric diagrams and digits Are no longer the keys to living things, When people who go about singing or kissing Know deeper things than the great scholars, When society is returned once more To unimprisoned life, and to the universe, And when light and darkness mate Once more and make something entirely transparent, And [...]

NYC 2010, Just the two of us

Min Yi | June 24, 2010

With three kids in tow, sometimes spending time with one, just one, is such a special gift. Not only do I get to listen to him without interruption but he gets to know me too in a role outside of providing for the needs of the family, as a human being who loves to talk [...]

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 [...]