I’ve used the term freely and often. But then I read a blurb from the new Hyphen magazine I paused. Here’s the blurb and the full-length article.
http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archives/2007/12/hapa_featured_i.html
http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/features/web_exclusives/rethinking.php
I have to admit I have loved the word, found it short-hand even in describing my cousins who are all half-Chinese and half other things (not all the same things either). [...]
Archive for January, 2008
An article about why the Hapa term is considered offensive by some.
Posted in Adoption/Parenting, Writing on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I Get So Tired of Americans”
Posted in Adoption, Adoption/Parenting on January 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Geesh, with the Patriot Act I actually thought twice about making that my header. I will trudge on without censoring myself.
My husband pulls the car into the Asian market and that’s what our daughter says. No, she’s not some college student disillusioned, not back from a year studying abroad but a five-year old looking forward [...]
Shattered Glass
Posted in Sea Glass/Beach Combing, Writing, tagged sea glass on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No one was hurt. Not by the glass. No shards pierced feet, sliced skin as they flew from what was once a solid form or left scars on a face. No one was startled by what I imagine was a wind so strong it blew the door back and into the porch light fixture and made a crushing crash.
Still, hundreds [...]
Life is So Full – www.writingfromtheheart.wordpress.com
Posted in Writing, tagged Writing on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been so busy with the www.writingfromtheheart.wordpress.com
blog I have not kept up here.
I am devloping new routines but don’t have them down yet. There’s fabulous new writing up on the site. Even though Lime isn’t going to exist much longer and so the show won’t be on-air, the blog will continue. New writing will be [...]
Writing from the Heart Blog
Posted in Writing on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I met Nancy Slonim-Aronie I was a shy writer. I said I “just” write in my journal. I said, “I’m not sure who cares what I have to say.” I had written for a newspaper, loved human interest stories, opinion pieces and reviews. I kept writing my own “stuff” in my diary. But I didn’t know [...]
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan Nick Show starting in Feb.
Posted in Adoption/Parenting, Writing on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My daughter is thrilled to watch this show which stars a five-year old pre-school who is Chinese. Kai-Lan is a t.v. character who will be on Nick Jr. The show doesn’t air until Feb. so I can’t say how it is. I can say if we learn as much Chinese from Kai-Lan as we have learned Spanish from Dora [...]
Adoption: Birth Family Presence and Loss
Posted in Adoption, Adoption/Parenting on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s an article that was published in the Winter issue of the New England Families with Children from China newsletter. It is based on an interview I did with national lifebook expert (and friend) Beth O’Malley. It is about the importance of making the birth-family part of the lives of adoptive families. It is also [...]
Icy Shore
Posted in Sea Glass/Beach Combing, Trauma & Recovery, Writing, tagged sea glass on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have over-extended, yet again. I had this tendency is yoga as well. What a little show off I would be at times. Well, I sure can touch my toes. I can flat palm my hand. I can almost get my elbows down. “See me,” I’d want to say to the teacher. “Don’t over-extend,” she’d [...]
Happy New Year – Grateful for Glass
Posted in Sea Glass/Beach Combing, Writing, tagged sea glass on January 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I discovered sea glass this year. I discovered the beauty in fragments, the subtle tones of color, how many textures the ocean can make. I discovered stillness, quiet and a place to calm the chatter of my mind.
I’ve missed the ocean this winter. It’s not gone but I’m not as frequent a visitor. I went [...]
