Collected moments
Stories of becoming, belonging, and finding home between two countries.
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Sometimes, children unexpectedly give us the answers to the questions we’ve been asking ourselves as adults. My six-year-old daughter has done that for me—not just once, but many times. As I was trying to figure out why I wanted to naturalize as a Japanese citizen, she unknowingly gave me the answer. We were on a […]
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Mari: I should be the one to thank you because you’re the one who made me in your tummy, right? Me: (Stunned by her answer.) But you grew inside my tummy, so thank you.…
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Having my daughter is definitely the best thing that happened to me in my whole life. She is my source of happiness and inspiration since the day I conceived her, to the the day…
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I didn’t know that weaning is harder than when I was starting to breastfeed. More than the physical pain I felt in my breast when I started breastfeeding, weaning is breaking my heart seeing…
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Today, Friday, December 4th, year 2020, while sitting in the reclining with baby in my arms, I figured that it’s already been 13 months and 13 days of me being a first-time mom. How…
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I am her everything. And she is my everything. I don’t care if I have dishes waiting to be washed. It can wait. She comes first. I don’t sleep straight because I need to…
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