Daily Practice

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Concept Sketch #12

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” – Henry Ward Beecher.

My 16-year old daughter says, “Mom, I heard a great quote the other day:

If you raise your children, you spoil your grandkids. If you spoil your children, you raise your grandkids.”

Ah, how true that is.

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We learn dual languages: one for home and one for “out there”

and we take our strange scents to school

and they pinch their noses: What’s that?

kimchi

we like jeans, rock music, movies, and slang

and we are scolded for peculiar haircuts and behavior

and they grab us and ask: who are you?

Korean-American

What do we owe each other?

And Chloe was always late.

She kept you waiting.

And waiting…