He held me by my shoulders and looked me in the eye. “Baby.” I braced for impact. He calls me baby to lace his hard words with sweetness. “You need… [Continue Reading]
Tag: daddy
It’s my dad’s birthday today. My parents rarely let me take photos of them but I managed to get this one right before heading back up to Austin. I asked… [Continue Reading]
I thought I’d share more excerpts from my dad’s journal, now that I’m newly resolved to transcribe the journal in its entirety. This passage is actually near the end of… [Continue Reading]
There’s this journal that I gave my dad a few years ago. I asked him to record his story for me since I knew it was an important one and… [Continue Reading]
My dad likes to teach me stuff. There are a few lessons that he has persistently instilled in me and hasn’t stopped. I’m starting to realize that he only repeats… [Continue Reading]
I celebrated Father’s Day by having dim sum with my dad yesterday morning. I thought I’d pay public tribute to him with this list of 25 life lessons he has… [Continue Reading]
I was 22 years old and had just gotten my heart broken by my first boyfriend of four years. My parents had taken to blowing up my phone because I… [Continue Reading]
Photo Credit I was eating my lunch yesterday at work when a colleague asked me why I was eating inside when I could be enjoying the change of weather outside…. [Continue Reading]
A plane crashed into an IRS building here in Austin yesterday morning, killing two people. I just read the pilot’s 6 paged suicide note. I’m really sad for the innocent… [Continue Reading]
Drawn without training, a no 2. pencil and Crayola colored penciles. I’d like to formally explore drawing “rules” and techniques one day. You can tell I’m very untrained. Proportions are… [Continue Reading]