I suppose there are worse predicaments to be in than a fridge bursting with food. Since we have two sets of Chinese parents, this is […]
Category: Slice of Life Comics
Join ah-Lin as she navigates the next stage of her life with a husband, kid, cat and…even more family.
Basic Language Skills
…lead to very basic conversations…which can be a challenge between a mother and daughter. But, we keep trying. Also, that green throw pillow in between […]
Here We Go Again…
This time we were on a family trip visiting an art museum. This question and its implications never get old.
Saturday Morning Cartoons …
just doesn’t hit the same when you’re not the kid anymore. Also, for the first time in a very long time, I did not have […]
Sibling Talk
You were born here or you were so little when you got here that you don’t remember not ever having been here. And so, you […]
A Test of Patience
No one ever tells you how challenging it can be with your parents as they age. Or, maybe they do but it doesn’t sink in […]
We All Have Standards
…even 8 year olds. A kiddo once visited our apartment and asked where our other bathroom was. Umm…we have one – just the one. I […]
It’s Not Fine. You’re Not Fine.
Interesting how the roles become reversed when you become the mother to your mother and your mother becomes the foot-stomping five-year-old you. In the June […]
Death by 1,000 Guilt Trips
Life with my super old school, traditional Chinese mother who has experienced so much generational trauma that she can’t even comprehend or process it. It’s […]
