Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2020

When You're the Only One Punished

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When I was a kid, I don't recall having a specific bedtime but I know that at some point, I was supposed to be in bed / asleep.  Being t...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

Language Issues

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My parents weren't very good at English, so while the kids would speak to each other in English, we would speak to them in Chinese for t...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

I am Not My Brother's Keeper

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With my oldest siblings out of the house, it was just my brother and me left in the house with my parents. I keep trying to work out how old...
Monday, September 14, 2020

It's My Fault For Not Being Able to Move

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No one likes being blamed for something they didn't do. That's not a revelation, right?  Who would be ok with taking the blame (and ...
Saturday, September 5, 2020

What's For Dinner?

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A lot of people have had to make a lot of changes to their lives because of the current pandemic, and most people are spending a lot more ti...
Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Ordinary Conversation is No Longer Ordinary

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This time of year, as people start to get ready for the holidays and take some time off work, normal filler conversation leans toward ...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Thanksgiving 2017

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In the overall scheme of things, I know that I'm blessed and very fortunate.  I have a job, I have a place to live, I have reliable tra...
Tuesday, October 24, 2017

By a Thread

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 After a friend found out that I'd had to say goodbye to my cat this weekend, part of her comment was that I've had a lot ...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

It's Been a Hell of a Year

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Sometimes, I don't know what day it is.  Heck, sometimes, I don't know what year it is.  So much has happened in the past year, well...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

It's Not About the Ketchup

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Do you ever have that moment when you're having french fries at home, and you go to get the ketchup, and when you realize you're ...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Sleep Doesn't Come Easy

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Last week, I had a dream about my mother. We were at the old house, the old house being the house my family lived in from the time that I...