New Day: New Beginning

    Wonderings

    My experiences of living, and thoughts about life

    • 2025 Reflections

      I didn’t set out in 2025 to accomplish anything in particular, and didn’t think of this year as important while I was living it.  I fell twice this year. Both times in front of Eric. The second time ended in the ER, my hand fractured, my body suddenly not as reliable as I had always Continue reading

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    • My Mother’s calls

      My mother used to call me for no reason. Just to hear my voice. I let her calls go to voicemail. Everytime, she would leave messages saying, “Mạ gọi. Không có chi” in her heavy Huê accent. And I rarely returned her calls. I understand now. The calls were small doorways into her loneliness, her Continue reading

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    • France 2025 – Toulouse

      After one night in La Cité de Carcassone, we trained to Toulouse. The ride was short, about 45 minutes. It was raining when we got to the gare. The apartment we got from booking.com was accomodating at first to let us check in early. But everything went downhill from there. I don’t know whether it Continue reading

    • Giô Ngoai 2025

      It has been 5 years now since Mom passed. I feel so hollow thinking about it. It’s almost like it was today. Like the line “Aujourd’hui, maman est morte” in Camus’ L’ Etranger. I thought of Mom a lot the night before. I thought of things I didn’t do with her and for her, things Continue reading

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    • My ladybug babies just hatched !

      How many times a day I tour my garden? Several. Several times in the morning, several times before sunset, and several times in between :). So that’s several of several times. My routine is to look, inspect from far away, inspect closed up. I checked on my Asian pear tree most because it had fireblight Continue reading

    • What makes me happy?

      That was the first line I read on a magazine article this morning. Do you know what makes you happy? If someone asks you that question, do you have the answers? I woke up and decided to push myself to do things that I promised myself I would do last night. Before going to sleep, Continue reading

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