Tag: Mothers

My Mother???s Magic

From one rented shop to another, the business grew. We were now tapping to a bigger set of audience and by 2006 we had a pretty much stable setup with 8 tailors, 2 embroiders and 2 helpers working with us. We had people coming from different cities to get their clothes stitched. And mind you, this w...

Why Are You Still Being Asked ???What is Your Mother???s Maiden Name????

Hackers must love Facebook. It is a gold mine of information. People give their information away readily and freely on this social media platform. If they are not super security conscious or are a newbie in technology, the information may be shared with everyone on the platform, not just Facebook...

The Day I Found My Mother???s Crack Pipe

Time/Location: Middle school years, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Walking through the house, I called out for my mom several times but got nothing. I knew she was there as I saw her jacket in the bedroom, which we shared every time she stayed at my grandmother’s house with us. We didn’t see h...

Disowning My (Korean) Mother???s Unhappiness

For most of my life, I have carried my mother’s unhappiness, sloshing in an aged brown vat atop a rolled towel on my head, the way old ladies do in the countryside in Korea. It was always threatening to topple or overflow, contaminating me, no matter how carefully I maneuvered to find the righ...

Why I???m not an atheist

Isuspect this article will irritate two groups of people: atheists, and Fundamentalist Christians. I’m not judging your religious beliefs, or lack thereof, rather I am often asked why I am not an atheist? I am asked this question nearly equally by the two above-named groups. Many of my friends...

My Mother???s Death Reshaped My Faith

I told my mother to stay at home and I got her groceries and prescriptions. I brought her to my house for Thanksgiving that year. I was happy to fix dinner for her, and we had a good time together. Little did I know that was the beginning of a two-year nightmare. Two days later, her neighbor call...

For SF???s Homeless Mothers and Families, This Nonprofit Has Big Plans for More Housing, Job Training

HPP has raised $5.5 million and needs to hit $20 million as their part of the fundraising. Nonprofit Mercy Housing, which will build and manage the residential floors, raising the rest. Eskridge, an SF native, had been the interim executive director since November 2022 but just had the “int...