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Christianity, Personal, Reverent Sundays

Reverent Sundays: Five Things I Took Away from “Crazy Love”

Feb 12. 2012

A few months ago, I received a surprise package in the mail: it was the book Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God by Francis Chan, gifted to me from my dear friend E who wished that I would gain as much from the book as she had. I had heard of Crazy Love on various occasions in the past, and I had even had it on my Amazon wishlist for quite some time, so the gift was very much appreciated. (Thanks, E!) The premise behind Crazy Love is to challenge the state of complacency that plague many Christians today, and to encourage us to love God the way that He deserves to be loved. Because, as the author Pastor Chan puts it,...

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NYC, Personal, Sports

Anyone Else Going LINsane?

Feb 11. 2012

Having grown up in New York, I have been a New York Knicks fan since (my generation's version of) the Knicks's glory days in the 1990s. I cried when they lost the 1999 NBA Finals. Meeting Allan Houston was one of the high points of my life. And, I remained true to my boys in blue & orange despite their flat-out dismal performance for the past decade. Being an Asian American myself, I couldn't help but be intrigued when the Knicks picked up Jeremy Lin in late December. I had heard good things about the Harvard grad, but remained skeptical. I guess I have been a victim of the Knickerbocker heartache for far too long, because I continued to stay doubtful...

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Aerin, Baby, Claire, Parenting, Personal

The Worst Things About Having Two Young Kids…

Feb 10. 2012

...is that they will wake each other up in the middle of the night. Claire had been sleeping 10-12 hours straight through the night since she was about 9 months old. And as you can imagine, all that changed when a screaming newborn came into the picture. And while this issue wasn't quite as bad during the second month of Aerin's life, when she regularly slept 7-8 hours straight through the night, it has recently become more serious as Aerin seems to have hit her 4-month sleep regression a few weeks early — waking up practically every hour during the night for the past week. Aerin has been sleeping in our room — in her bassinet, the swing, or on our bed — since...

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Claire, Cute, Parenting, Personal

Toddlers and Tiaras: Claire Edition

Feb 08. 2012

We do our best not to push our girls into stereotypical gender roles or characteristics. And while we would secretly love it if they turn into tomboys, we never force them to play (or not play) with certain toys and encourage them to allow their own preferences to develop. As it turns out, our 16-month-old Claire is becoming the exact opposite of a tomboy. She is, in fact, turning into a frilly girl. Our suspicions started about a month ago, when we began to let her "choose" her own clothes. (We give her an option of weather- and activity-appropriate clothes to choose from.) And wouldn't you know it — she would ALWAYS pick something pink. And just in case it was a fluke — "Why...

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Beauty, Cool Tool Tuesdays, Personal, Reviews

Cool Tool Tuesdays: La Mer The Powder and The Powder Brush

Feb 07. 2012

Welcome to today’s installment of Cool Tool Tuesdays, where I feature a favorite item from my life and spotlight it so that others who are not familiar with the product may also benefit from it. A cool tool can be any book, gadget, software, hardware, material, or website that I have personally tried and love. Do you have any questions about today’s cool tool? Would you like an item featured in the future? Please leave a comment to this post, or send me a message via my contact form. Enjoy! As I looked around my room to find inspiration for today's Cool Tool Tuesdays, my eyes rested on a pair of products I have never written about before — and I couldn't believe...

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