Monday, January 17, 2011

The Type of Mom I Shall Not Become

On January 8th, this article was published on Wall Street Journal.

In summary, the author believes that the best way to educate children is by setting up many rules and forbid, yes, I use the word forbid, them from doing anything they may like, or exercise their human right of choice making.

These are her 10 cannot's (quoted from the article):

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

The Right Person at the Right Time

After Minh and I met, we both talked about how we wished we had met each other sooner.  It was obvious to us that we were right for each other, yet it took such a long time for us to meet.  We lived so close to each other (in Southern California, a 10-minute drive is close, trust me), he went to the same high school as my sisters, and we both knew Ryan. Ryan is this boy I met during the first year of living in the US, back in 1992.  Apparently, Minh and Ryan went to the same middle school, and are best friends with the same guy.