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2018-06-30
“Gambatte” represents a host of strong Japanese heritage values. It’s a word said by mothers as they send their children and family off to school, abroad, work and the unknown. The implication is “do ...
2018-06-25
It’s adding “joy” to my life as I watch the girls spend the whole day doing origami and making families of peacocks, swans, pigeons. The 10-yr-old says, “I make mine starting with the Crane Fold. You ...
2018-06-21
“Tell me what you think about Yin and Yang.” I ask my granddaughter, who has already put in a good part of her 10,000 hours of practice in drawing since she was two or three years old. as she darkened...
2018-06-20
Yesterday, the girls were escalating their emotions as they were working on taking charge of their own half of their bedroom. The window is one-third on Kirin’s side and two-thirds on Kaori’s side. Ki...
2018-06-17
The serviceman for Xfinity was just here - here at 8am and on Father's Day. He just told an incredible story. His 81 year old father was told 10 years ago that he had Lung Cancer and was dying. A coup...
2018-06-09
The top five mentors in my life are my husband Sam, our daughter Kelly, my Grandpa Tsukamaki and my heritage. Dr. Suzuki of TALENT EDUCATION and Dr. Shaklee who exemplified a way to balance physical, ...
2018-06-05
Literally means: "mended or put together with gold". Tara Lemmey filmed and edited Sam’s Memorial. As I watch the video there are some tears; but mostly I am thankful for the memories, by so many frie...
2018-06-02
"Start by doing what is necessary, then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the IMPOSSIBLE." -Francis of Assisi Clouds of death ended the last year 2017. Yesterday, June 1st, I attended our ...
2018-05-25
Upon awakening the other day, I discovered our nine-year-old Granddaughter had decided it’s her responsibility to put out vitamins every day. She also took it upon herself to clean up and lock the pat...
2018-05-15
Coming home on an Alaska Flight from Kona, HI, to Seattle, WA, I got settled in row 22 and we took off. About three rows back of me, a toddler about 3-years-old started to cry loudly. That seemed logi...