Sep 06 2018
Last week, on the last day of August, I was going to join some friends for a bicycle ride around the Oceanside-San Diego area. But before meeting them, I decided to take a few minutes to visit a certain place in the town of Carlsbad. It was where Ruth and I spent our honeymoon back …
Jan 04 2015
In December, my family had our annual giỗ ̣(pronounced yoh) for Ruth . Giỗ is the Vietnamese word for the annual remembrance of a family member on the event of their death. In Asian cultures, it is a death anniversary which is observed every year. Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other Asian cultures honor this tradition (For …
Dec 30 2014
I came upon this song by Agnetha Faltskog about a month ago. I have to say, it is the first upbeat grief song I’ve come upon (at least as I interpret it). I suppose other such songs of lost love exist, but this one song perked my ears only because it came across my path …