A Mother’s Take: Agape
By Marsha Aizumi I never know when a moment will move my heart. The place was Fresno, Calif., and the…
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A Mother’s Take: Minidoka
By Marsha Aizumi On July 6, my husband and I traveled to Twin Falls, Idaho, to attend the 15th Annual…
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A Mother’s Take: Creating Safe Faith Communities
By Marsha Aizumi More than 10 years ago, Aiden was asked to leave a local Lutheran church we were attending.…
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A Mother’s Take: A Double-Edged Sword
By Marsha Aizumi Someone once told me that a positive quality could become negative if carried to the extreme. I…
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A Mother’s Take: A Second Chance
By Marsha Aizumi Recently, I had the opportunity to thank someone who I believe changed the course of my child’s…
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A Mother’s Take: Speaking Up
By Marsha Aizumi Recently, I attended a book launch for “Fred Korematsu Speaks Up,” sponsored by Asian Americans Advancing Justice…
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A Mother’s Take: Taking Back My Mind
By Marsha Aizumi For the past three months, I have walked around in disbelief, like many of you, wondering where…
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What I Will Remember This Season
(Originally published in the Dec. 16, 2016-Jan. 26, 2017 Holiday Issue of Pacific Citizen.) By Marsha Aizumi With…
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We Were Welcomed Home
By Marsha Aizumi On Oct. 14 and 15, Okaeri 2016 took place at the Japanese American National Museum in Los…
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Wisdom From Portland
By Marsha Aizumi I recently received a very kind note from a Portland JACL member named Herb. In his note,…
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Celebrating With Pride
By Marsha Aizumi The month of June is known for graduations, weddings and now for our family, it is LGBTQ…
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A Promise to Aiden
By Marsha Aizumi I woke up on Sunday, and my heart broke into a million pieces. Filling the news was…
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A Mother’s Take: Living Above the Line
By Marsha Aizumi Recently, I received a message from a mother who asked me, “How do you deal with all…
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Finding Hope
By Marsha Aizumi It has been a month of highs and lows for a mother of a transgender child. I…
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A Mother’s Take: I Love Mochi
You are probably wondering if this is going to be an article about the New Year’s tradition of pounding mochi,…
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A Mother’s Take: Courageous Conversations
By Marsha Aizumi With the Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage for all states this year, the JACL…
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A Mother’s Take: So Proud to Be a JACL Member
By Marsha Aizumi A trumpet sound signals a text showing up on my phone. It was Wednesday morning, July 15,…
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A Mother’s Take: Celebrating with Pride
By Marsha Aizumi The month of June is known for graduations, weddings and now for our family, it is LGBTQ…