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Oct 11 2016 
Tame That Bitch
You know, the one that lives in my head — and maybe yours, too.
I get to Starbucks for my morning Americano and sigh while waiting in line. Why is everyone else up so early? My drive to work is filled with complaints about all the construction I have to deal with and the crazy drivers on the… -
Oct 06 2015 
Entry – 9 – Tears in Heaven
2:39 was a significant number in our home. It was my mom’s best time when she won the NY City Marathon. As I spent those days as my mom’s care giver, there were choices I needed to make about work. I had several events lined up back to back and was contemplating if I should…
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Sep 16 2015 
Mom’s Got Cancer – Entry 8 – Circle of Life
The hospice nurse came to drop off some meds for my mom and found her lying down in between the coffee table and couch. I had just seen my mom a week ago and although she was walking slowly, she was somewhat self sufficient. The nurse called me and said my mom was ok but…
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Aug 13 2015 
Mom’s Got Cancer – Entry 7 – Love is Everywhere
We’ve been on a roller coaster ride over the last seven months, since my last entry. My mom was slowly healing and getting her strength back after the ordeal in the hospital. She was continuing her treatment of afatinib and erbitux. The side effects were rough although she did not lose her hair. By this…
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Jun 25 2015 
your meditation practice: a beginning
What is meditation and why should I practice it?
Meditation is a simple yet powerful tool to release stress, cultivate peace, and is ultimately a journey inward to discover who you really are. Many of us associate ourselves with the roles we play each day (parent, child, partner, supervisor, employee, etc.) but we are much more…
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Apr 01 2015 
Mom’s Got Cancer – Entry 6 – One Thousand Cranes
The month my mom spent in hospice care was tough on the whole family. We thought it was the end for her. I was doing my research on what to do if someone dies at home, in another country, crematory services, etc. I felt like a heavy, dark cloud of death was hanging over our…
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Mar 29 2015 
Roasted Kabocha, Purple Cauliflower & Cherry Tomatoes
I love reading cookbooks, especially on a Sunday while leisurely flipping through beautiful images of food and sipping on my second americano. This recipe was inspired by “Plenty More”, a vegetarian cookbook, I’ve been reading like a novel. My mom used to make kabocha regularly but would steam it with some water, brown sugar and…
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Mar 28 2015 
Chickpea Kale Masala
I’m in love with kale and am always looking for new ways to use it. Here is a recipe inspired by an Ayurvedic cook book, “Eat. Taste. Heal” using garam masala. I grew up watching my baba (grandmother in Japanese) work in the kitchen. She was a chef and never measured anything. When my mom…
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Mar 09 2015 
Mom’s Got Cancer – Entry 5 – “Marijuana, Morphine and a Trip to Napoli”
Out of the hospital and straight into hospice. During her five-day stay, she was treated for a liver biopsy, bleeding in her abdominal cavity, and a pulmonary embolism (blockage of an artery in the lung caused by blood clots), which led to an inferior vena cava filter implant. My mom was so weak after the…
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Jan 22 2015 
Mom’s Got Cancer – Entry 4 – “The Hospital”
My mom’s recent cat scan had shown significant growth in her liver and she was not coping with the side effects of the afatinib tablets. The doctor initially put her on 40mg daily. Within a few days her face had completely swollen up so much that she could barely open her eyes. There were two…
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