JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Sunday morning, our friends told us the story of Christian, an energetic young man they knew who drowned last week in an Everett swimming pool. As they described their thoughts and feelings from the week, our friends said We will never have enough time with family in this life. When someone you know, or even […]

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The Sound of the World Splitting Apart I read this post twice. No, three times. If I could I’d sit here and read it repeatedly. I got up, left the computer, tried to think about something else but the words stayed with me. Every woman has her story. This post is one. A piece of […]

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I don’t often drink soda. The other day at a party we enjoyed some Jones Cream Soda so I bought one on Monday at the grocery store. Inside the bottlecap it read You will soon receive an invitation to a sporting event. And later that night, I did! When I went to look at the […]

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One thing I miss from our former life in the Bay Area is the proximity of Whole Foods. We once lived within walking distance of one. The nonprofit where I worked picked up daily donations (steak-size portabello mushrooms!) there to distribute to the hungry. This week I enjoyed reading an article on Whole Foods and […]

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Katherine credited my blog for helping her fall asleep last night. She encouraged me to keep up the lullabys! . According to Pops, this praise puts me in the same category as Daniel Drezner and The Dave Matthews Band. There are worse fates in life, I suppose. Maybe there’s a way to make money […]

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