JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Inspired by Amanda Witt’s multiple limerick posts this week in honor of St. Patricks Day, I decided to compose a few poems myself, one for each member of our family… There once was a girl who loved books Through pages she wanted to look reading stories of girls, history ’round the world and recipes that […]

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My simple pleasures: I like flowers whether feminine fiery or first I like hands in the dirt knees on the ground planting and digging in the soil inside me I like hot baths and vanilla bubbles pillows and thick blankets a night of sleep and a morning of sunshine I like bird songs and frog […]

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When the girls saw my old toy excavated from the closet during a recent cleaning expedition, they asked: “Do you have any more CDs for it?” Last year, I gave the kids the boom box I had bought for college. It’s now 17 years old and finally stopped playing tapes this past week. The loss […]

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference. – Serenity Prayer As a child I would see this serenity prayer engraved on plaques and hung in homes, not at ours, but at others. It seemed a […]

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