A Mother’s Take: My Journey Continues
On July 1, I was admitted to City of Hope for a stem cell transplant from my brother. MDS (preleukemia)…
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A Mother’s Take: Embracing MDS
When I first heard my diagnosis of MDS or preleukemia, I walked around in shock and disbelief. I didn’t feel…
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A Mother’s Take: Love, Laughter and Preleukemia
To My Pacific Citizen Readers: Since you have been with me on so much of my personal journey, I wanted…
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A Mother’s Take: I Love Mochi, 2025
Five days before Christmas, my husband and I made the difficult decision to let our dog, Mochi, go. After one…
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A Mother’s Take: Our History and Our Stories Matter
Captions: The Okaeri book team and contributors photo: alan kubota, lenscape photography Marsha Aizumi discusses living in hope with Aiden.…
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A Mother’s Take: The Feeling is Joy
Today, I want to talk about joy. For a while, I have not lived in joy because I did not…
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A Mother’s Take :Coming Home, Celebration and Community Okaeri Matsuri
On June 29, the Terasaki Budokan was a place of celebration, connecting with others and seeing faces of joy. It…
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A Mother’s Take: Pride Is Love, Hope and Me
June is Pride Month! In keeping with the feeling of being proud and Nikkei, Okaeri has created an event called…
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A Mother’s Take: Light in the Presence of Darkness
Tonight, I was stopped in the hall of my condominium complex by a neighbor. We do not know each other…
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A Mother’s Take: All Are Welcome
In March, my husband and I had the opportunity to speak at the San Gabriel City Council meeting. My husband…
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A Mother’s Take: Super Bowl LVIII
Often, I get inspiration to write about things from the most random thoughts or experiences. This month, I got my…
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A Mother’s Take: Inspiration in D.C.
Last month, I was so fortunate to be in Washington, D.C., attending the PFLAG National Convention. PFLAG is the first…
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A Mother’s Take: The 3 ‘Fs’ = Feel, Felt, Found
In a seminar, many years ago, I heard this concept. It has been a very effective way to handle a…
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A Mother’s Take: Let Them Lead the Way
As I began to write about my experience at the JACL National Convention, I remember thinking about the words sung…
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A Mother’s Take: Proud Mary
I had always thought that “Pride” was a negative word. I used to live in Arcadia, Calif., where there were…
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A Mother’s Take: Keeping Our Community Safe
On Aug. 6, 1977, Korean Air 801 crashed into the side of a mountain, killing almost everyone onboard. It was…
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A Mother’s Take: A Profound Silence
This month, the Gardena Buddhist Church LGBTQ+ group called Ichi-Mi had a premiere of a short documentary called “A Profound…
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A Mother’s Take: From Invisible to Invincible
As most of my readers know, I write about things in my life or people that have touched my heart.…