A Mother’s Take: I Choose to Say No to Resolutions
Last month when I was trying to come up with a thought for “A Moment in Time” for the P.C.’s…
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A Mother’s Take: Zooming In
This year has brought so many moments to think about: the coronavirus, the election, the protests and not being able…
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A Mother’s Take: Election Reflection
Like so many of us, I unplugged from the television on election night, unable to hear another word about the…
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A Mother’s Take: Okaeri Connects!
When Aiden came out, I wish I had other Japanese parents to talk to and ask questions. I don’t think…
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A Mother’s Take: Making My Voice Count
For the past two months, I have been in writer’s hibernation as I updated my book “Two Spirits, One Heart”…
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A Mother’s Take: Sakaye Aratani — A Shining Light of Love
Many of us that are doing work to bring greater visibility and voice to issues have people who quietly give…
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A Mother’s Take: A Revolution Has Many Lanes
Through all the news on TV, social media and everything around me, I feel overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic and…
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A Mother’s Take: Healing Heartbreak
There is a new book out by Glennon Doyle called “Untamed.” In the book, the author says, “The thing that…
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A Mother’s Take: Counting Our Blessings
As we continue to weather the “shelter in place” order, I am reminded that my attitude has determined how I…
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A Mother’s Take: To Drive or Not to Drive
Last year, I turned in my lease car and decided not to get another car. I had been averaging 4,000…
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A Mother’s Take: A Father’s Love Story
February is Valentine’s month, and I like to write about love. This month, my article is a different kind of…
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A Mother’s Take: A Lasting Legacy
Celebrating the 90 years that JACL has been doing work for our Nikkei community has made me reflect on the…
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A Mother’s Take: Your Visibility and Voice Matters
I am reminded of the importance of having our Asian faces, names and thoughts out in the world because of…
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A Mother’s Take: A Buddhist Mother Finds Her Light
Sometimes the stories in my head are so consuming that I can’t hear a perspective different than what is rattling…
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A Mother’s Take: Showing Up
Changing Tides, an initiative within the Little Tokyo Service Center, will hold a mental health conference called “Making Waves” at…
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A Mother’s Take: The Power of Storytelling
The week of the JACL National Convention really reinforced to me the incredible power of storytelling. Listening to the stories…
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A Mother’s Take: Pride Around the World
Last month, I had the wonderful opportunity of returning to Japan to speak on LGBTQ family acceptance. It was 12…
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A Mother’s Take: 25 Years Later
This year, the JACL National Convention will be hosted in Salt Lake City … the same city that 25 years…