For the last three and a half weeks, OPL1204 has been hosting 舒阳 (a.k.a Sherry) whose youthful, sunny presence added a welcome dimension to our abode. Melissa was delighted to have company for watching TV reality shows (esp ANTM). Wanting and I have someone new to disturb (one night, WT sat down to talk to […]
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My Reply to YW's comment for "Wounded But Beloved"
*smile* Thank you dear, for such an engaged response. In all the instances you raised of people loving when it is difficult, they are instances of unconditional love in the way I meant it. But of course, no human being is capable of offering that kind of love all the time. The same people who […]
Travelogue IX: Wounded But Beloved
Over the past 6 weeks or so, I’ve had the privilege and the pleasure of a few personal, deep, and thought-provoking conversations with a couple of friends. Much of what these friends have shared touch on the same themes of my own journey. As I reflected more deeply on my own meditations, the reading I’ve […]
Only This I Want
Two Sundays ago during mass, the communion hymn seemed to pierce my being. I’m sure the fantastic choir and the amazing tenor who sang the solo had something to do with it. But as usual, it was the lyrics, especially the refrain, that seized me. Only this I want But to know the Lord And […]
Dancing Queen
There’s something that very few people up to now know about me. Sometimes, when I’m alone at home, I dance. I’m not a skillful dancer, and I’m definitely an untrained one. But when I’m in one of those dancing moods, I dance with abandon and glee! I jump, I twirl, I pirouette… I do anything […]
Simply 'Ann'
There’s something that never fails to frustrate and nonplus me. Why, after a correspondence in which I have clearly signed off as “Ann,” do people reply and address me as “Anne?” And why do some people do it repeatedly after knowing me for a long time? Today I received yet another such e-mail, and Anne […]
Ohmm…zzzz
I didn’t realize how tired I was until Yoga class this evening. For the first half of class, the teacher was covering basic movements and postures on the back. Every once in a while, I’d suddenly realize that I wasn’t doing anything, except lying there. And that although I could hear the instructor’s voice going […]
Precious Lessons
Mom left Toronto early this morning for L.A. And right at the moment when we hugged and kissed good-bye at the airport, it suddenly hit me how much I missed her already. The past 10 days were very special for us, because we rarely have such a big block of time to spend together anymore. […]
Spilt (Soya Bean) Milk
It’s late, and as usual, I was feeling a little hungry. So I decided to get a cup of warm soya bean milk. Zibin decided to be a copy-cat and asked for a cup too. Then, he actually challenged me to a duel (by poking me), thinking I wouldn’t retaliate because he was holding a […]
A Positive Spirit
I accomplished quite a lot of work today. So did my mom. *grin* While I began work on the paper I will be presenting at the GSCOPE conference, pots and faucets in the kitchen were silently polished to a shine. Clean dishes and cutlery kept mysteriously disappearing into cabinets throughout the day. The laundry room […]
Journey of the Heart 