JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

“Happy Holidays” is oxymoronic. At least it seems that way to me many times. I know what happiness is. But I don’t often have it during the holidays. This week I’ve been wishing I could fast-foward to February. Then again, I wouldn’t want to miss our anniversary at the end of January. But I have […]

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Forgiveness has been on my mind for a while. I’ve written this post and then wondered when I should publish it. Recently it seems that saying sorry has become a popular topic among blogs including The Art of the Apology, A Million Guys in Pajamas and So sorry. Here is my post…originally written in October… […]

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Last month I did something I thought I would never do. One afternoon, I spent a large amount of money on a tiny tube which promised to fix a facial flaw. I succumbed to my own dissatisfaction and surrendered to the cash register. This product required application twice daily for at least eight days to […]

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Especially after Abigail’s interruptions to our romantic interlude the other night, I’ve been thinking about pictures that I would want to be deleted if I died. During the holiday season, I also think about my brother, who passed away five years ago this December, and the pile of photographs I have of him. In the […]

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It’s good stuff. I’ve been drinking a lot of it. And reading it too. “No,” says my mother, “that’s what a real family is like. All this phoniness, all this pretending, here in US. People are so afraid to talk. They are lonely.” Like all immigrants, my mother has a narrative that says this is […]

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