Collected moments
Stories of becoming, belonging, and finding home between two countries.
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It’s almost midnight, but I’m fully awake. With my phone in my hands tapping letters on the screen, under the blanket. I’m feeling guilty. I promised myself to not use screens before bedtime anymore.…
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Breastfeeding is hard in the beginning, harder in the end, and hardest when it’s over. I literally cried silent tears tonight afte my little girl, for the fifth night, slept without breastfeeding. I felt…
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May 15, 2022. Two years, six months, three weeks, and two days, for the first time, my little one snoozed without the boobie in her mouth. She believed the story I made there was…
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“By Myself” My little one who is two years and eight months old as of writing, is always trying her skills and practicing her independence. Her favorite line to say these days is “By…
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One trouble about gardening is planting without knowing the characteristics of the plant. I fell in love at first sight and bought this “beautiful” tiny plant with attractive neon green leaves a year ago…
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, tricycle, trisikad that will take you anytime, anywhere in the city, door to door if you like. Why did I need to drive in Japan In Japan , although public transportation is great,…
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looong been overdue. I am almost 9 years here in Japan already. Reading this took me to memory lane so before this “evaporates” or sleep again in the draft folder, let me share it…
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Tonight, as I was searching for my research paper in my hard drive, I found an untitled document with the first line saying “nine months have passed and nine months…” and when I opened…
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Our very first breastfeeding session 10/23/2019 7a.m, the day after delivery Below are some of my breastfeeding experiences I would like to share and only breastfeeding mothers can relate. 1. When baby was still…
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The Big Day – a Holiday October 22, 2019, Tuesday, the day I gave birth to my precious daughter. I was 38 weeks 6 days pregnant. This day was also the Enthronement Ceremony of…
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