Moving

You can’t take it with you

January 5, 2012

The packing has officially begun! And even after moving cross-country 3 times within 4 years, I still get shell-shocked at just how much we have accumulated. After my junior year in college, I spent the summer taking photographs of a multi-generational Chinese family in San Francisco’s colorful Chinatown. Inspired by a Documenting Communities class at […]

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Breaking up is hard to do

December 29, 2011

Tonight when I picked Max up from daycare, I finally told Nora that we were moving. I felt devastated, like we were breaking up. She was holding Max, who nuzzled into her shoulder. Her eyes grew moist, she mustered a smile, hugged him tighter and said, “Well, I’m sure Max will do fine.” My voice […]

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No place like home

December 27, 2011

When you close your eyes and click your heels together like Dorothy, what do you see as home? We are about to leave a house in Las Vegas. A real house, our first “grown-up” house — one with a garage, washer/dryer, neighborhood pool and playground, and kitchen pantry full of Trader Joe’s goodies. We even […]

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