you are my first and the last roommate — Patrick — you’re the first and the last roommate I had in my life It took our past lives That day through the window you’d tossed a message before we met Later you confessed you’d known me in your dream long before I entered your life Then the door opened

– it sometimes whispers to your heart, and other times it stimulates to make you feel like screaming — Here in San Diego, I’ve just begun to feel the slightest touch and the earliest entry of autumn. I love this sense of transition as if I see the lightest brush stroke on a piece of white rice paper. …

Love and sincerity, rather than fears, bring us hope and a better understanding of us, humans. I believe in our goodness, our potential, and our future. The recent news on the overturn of the Roe v Wade abortion law shook the country. After 50 years of the constitutional protection of…

Thank you for all these years of your continued offerings — You lit a light inside anyone you met Your smile opened anyone’s chest to breathe The space you created became a seed of inspiration Your tenderness vibrated anyone’s heart to feel The air you touched became a seed of kindness Your words brought an end to anyone’s worries The comfort you…

I’ve learned to embrace my Little Kyomi, the essence of me, holding her in my arms — For the last five years, if I’m honest, since my early twenties, when I hid the wooden chest of secrets in the deep ocean trench, I knew it was there but hidden. I never forgot its existence. My fear of what I would find behind the door or inside the…

To truly own our lives, we set guideposts and diligently work toward our goals — A habit, either positive or negative, has a profound impact on our lives due to its repetitive nature. Once we recognize a negative habit and its pattern in how we feel, think, and behave, we are one step closer to turning it around and re-establishing it into something positive. Reflection…