Tag: sports
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A few nights ago, I sat in bed working on my laptop while Andy and Riley slept soundly next to me. That night, “working” meant catching up on a bunch of reading I had been putting off, including this 2-part personal essay by wide receiver Andrew Hawkins. (Formerly with the Cincinnati Bengals, currently with the Cleveland Browns.) You guys,…
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As an experiment, I’m doing away with the bullet points, even though they’re like a security blanket for me. “Oh, this is just a list, not a real blog post.” But what does that even mean, lol? What’s a fake blog post? And why do I have to take everything so seriously? Transparent Like Jane the…
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My mother (right) and her sister, in Taiwan. I’ve written about my mother many times. Today I’m going to borrow other people’s words. From Heather Armstrong’s recent post: I am successful because my mother showed me how it is done. She invested herself in me, and I owe her everything. I hope that she knows that…
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They say that when you’re a child, the world is a mirror. What you see becomes part of your identity, just like a reflection. I don’t think I can explain how meaningful it was to be a half-Asian girl growing up in the Michelle Kwan era. Yes, there was Kristi Yamaguchi before that, and yes,…
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First, a very relevant shout-out to my mother: Happy birthday, Mom! Thanks for always supporting me in the pursuit of my dreams. After a series of controversies, Dillon Panthers star running back Smash Williams finds himself without a scholarship. Which means he can’t afford to go to college. Coach Taylor lines up one last opportunity, but Smash…