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My Breastfeeding Experience Nurtured by Tibetan Culture

By Nina | April 14, 2023June 24, 2023 by Nina

I have written before about breastfeeding and dental woes for my daughter here. However, today I want to write about my exposure to breastfeeding in Tibetan culture through my husband’s family alongside my own breastfeeding experience. DISCLAIMER: I am not Tibetan, I am married to a Tibetan man. These cultural practices are common where my husband is from, and may not be representative of all Tibetan people, as culture varies from region to region in…

Well of Patience

By Nina | April 7, 2023April 7, 2023 by Nina

This well of patience so deep and far it flows until recently it seemed this patience was so very deep Lately though my reaction to your moods and actions has caught me off guard asking myself, where has my patience run off to? This well of patience of mine ran so deep so slow and smooth and yet it seems to dry up when I am with you This well of patience of mine has…

Finding Myself in 2023

By Nina | April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 by Nina

I can’t believe this is my first post of 2023. This year one of my goals was to at least blog once a month and yet as you can see, we are in the 4th month of the year and I am finally making a blog post. This year is about me and finding myself. So far I have been struggling and shooting myself in the foot with my own goals.

37 Aspirations for Myself

By Nina | December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 by Nina

Spend quality time with my daughter, Soby Communicate better with my husband in Tibetan Study Tibetan seriously so that I can recognize my own improvement Drink less coffee – perhaps I will sleep better Eat less crap – but still, enjoy it in celebration Exercise five times a week Reach a healthy weight and maintain it Become stronger mentally and physically Sit and meditate daily Try aphantasia imagery exercises Blog more often Read more books…

Writer’s Block

By Nina | November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Nina

For the past year or two, I have had nothing but writer’s block it feels like. What can I write? Why should I write? Do I even have anything to say? Sometimes I think I don’t have the time for the blog, but that is not true. I do have the time, I do not write. Writing has always been my outlet in life for how I am feeling. Whenever there was a tough feeling…

October 2022 Update

By Nina | October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 by Nina

I haven’t written on this blog in 7 months, and I am not surprised. I have thought about it often and realized I have left the blog unloved, perhaps looking back I can realize my lack of writing is also tied to how I am doing on some inner level along with the fact my daughter and I are still apart. I haven’t written a post about my feelings on it, and yet I think…

A Part of Me Apart From You

By Nina | February 24, 2022February 24, 2022 by Nina

Before dawn lit the sky We had to part amid Tears and screams of ‘Ama’ Penetrating the cold air I passed you to your grandmother Whispering, “I love you” and giving a quick kiss Swiftly the door was shut The two of us cried for each other Your arms reaching for me While mine weighed heavily at my side Slowly the window was rolled up to drown out your cries This mother of yours never…

Budding Language

By Nina | October 29, 2021November 10, 2021 by Nina

A few close friends and family know that I have been a little on edge about my daughter’s language development due to the fact that when we walk outside everyone’s child is monolingual and they seem to possess a higher language ability than my own daughter. This creates unnecessary worry and anxiety in me than I need, but I have been asking around and learning different opinions and facts on this. For the record, my…

A Lack of Interests

By Nina | September 30, 2021 by Nina

My poor blog has had little love over the last few months, but it is not the only thing that I have paid less attention to. Since becoming a mom, some of the things I like to do have fallen to the side as I tend to end up scrolling social media instead when I am ‘resting.’ But is that even resting? I find it gives me more anxiety about life than it should. Sadly,…