A Mother’s Take: Stories
The inspiration for my columns comes from the people I meet, the experiences I have, but mainly from things that…
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A Mother’s Take: The Greatest of These Is Love
Last month, a special session was called within the United Methodist Conference to specifically address the issue of LGBTQ individuals…
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A Mother’s Take: Dharma and Dialysis
By Marsha Aizumi At Okaeri 2018, Jeri Okamoto, a wonderful ally of the LGBTQ community and dear friend, gave me…
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A Mother’s Take: ‘Okage Sama De’
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ebruary stands out as a month of love for me because of Valentine’s Day. Although it is…
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A Mother’s Take: Okaeri 2018
Every even-numbered year, a group of volunteers comes together to plan Okaeri: A Nikkei LGBTQ Gathering. Okaeri means “welcome home,”…
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A Mother’s Take: Changing the Stories in Our Head
By Marsha Aizumi This summer, I attended a conference in San Francisco with the National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance…
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A Mother’s Take: Braving the Wilderness
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast month, Aiden and I were asked to speak to about 40 Mormon Church leaders. Aiden said…
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A Mother’s Take: Courage, Compassion and Connection
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ast month, I had an experience that both made me stop and evaluate what it means to…
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A Mother’s Take: Affirmation
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he power of affirmations was never more evident to me than this past week, as my youngest…
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A Mother’s Take: Road Trip
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently, my husband, Tad, and I took a trip with my brother, Marty, to Las Vegas to…
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A Mother’s Take: ‘This Is Me’
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]I[/dropcap] always believe that when things repeat in my life, it’s a sign that I need to…
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A Mother’s Take: Living in Hope
By Marsha Aizumi As many of you might be aware already, I have been appointed to the Biden Foundation’s LGBTQ…
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A Mother’s Take: Still I Can Do Something
By Marsha Aizumi [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is a new year! Time to let go of 2017 and look forward to 2018. If…
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A Mother’s Take: A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes
By Marsha Aizumi Every year for the past few years, our family has entered the holiday season looking forward to…
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A Mother’s Take: A Lesson From Stefen
By Marsha Aizumi Many years ago, I was in a meeting with parents and our preteen children, sharing about our…
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A Mother’s Take: ‘The Great Nisei Reunion III’
By Marsha Aizumi One of the things that my work in the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) area has…
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A Mother’s Take: Remembering Ross
By Marsha Aizumi Recently, a dear friend passed away. It was unexpected, and it hit many of us very hard.…
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A Mother’s Take: Beautiful
By Marsha Aizumi Last month, I was in New York City to celebrate reaching another decade with four of my…