I know this picture is completely random but one of my students, Jing Jing, told me the story that this picture symbolizes and I thought it was so random and beautiful. In Chinese culture they don't tell people that they love each other and in our "I love cheeseburgers" culture that is shocking! I jokingly told one of my students "Wu Ay Nee" ("I love you" in Chinese- Katy, you can correct me!) … [Read more...]
Highlights of my day yesterday:
-blowing up a froggie pool and filling it with water so I could watch my child attempt to drown himself over a dozen times. He insists on "crawling" in the pool so he can multi-task at dunking his head under the water and breathing in at the same time. Our fun time ended when he threw himself back, bounced off the side and completely submerged himself. (while breathing in at the same … [Read more...]
Matisyahu (Blog post from Ben)
I wanted to go to this concert for the last few months, asked a bunch of friends and no one could go because it was on a Monday and in Tulsa, OK. Fortunately I had a friend from Chicago come into town so we went together. We didn't get back until 2 am but it was worth it! It was an incredible show and I highly recommend seeing them live if you ever get a chance. if you have no idea who this is … [Read more...]