My Sister’s Birthday

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Birthdays are special!

Growing up in a Korean household, my mother always made miyeok guk for breakfast on my birthday.  She would get up extra early to make this special soup for me so that I can have it before I went off to school.  She did this every single birthday as far as

Reflections on Writing my Book

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This is a repost of my blog on Feminist Studies in Religion.

Some people are born to write.

Their words seem to flow out of their minds and land so beautifully on their laptop screens. They seem to write effortlessly with their words artistically captured and perfectly written on the pages their printers produce. Their ideas seem magically to appear, profoundly laid out before their eyes.

For some, writing is their passion and they are masters of it. But for the rest of us, writing is torturous. My experience of writing is painful, full of anxiety, and full of stress. For me, it is a forced task which comes with lots of mind-convincing tactics and promises to

Remember Soccer Moms? This Election, It’s Dot.Com Moms

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This is a repost of my column for EthicsDaily.com.

Being a mom these days requires lots of skills. It is like being Cinderella in reverse (a laundress, cook, cleaner, chauffeur and scullery maid all at once for children rather than stepsisters.) At times, I feel inadequate.

As a mother of three children (one in high school, one in middle school and one in elementary school), I know exactly how difficult it is to be a mom and juggle a full-time job.