affirmations

i was perusing mako's family website the other day and shocked by how much the kids have grown up. zoe turned 7? good gosh - the last time i saw her she was maybe 2, at some winter retreat. kids are a good measure of how time flies.

he wrote something about how they spent some time affirming his son on his birthday - reminds me of k/acf and the concept of affirmations. especially chapter camp and senior affirmations...and when we did unlimited affirmations for james his last year.

i don't know why other churches don't do it as a regular exercise, but it's so valuable. at least from what i remember - it was particularly good for asians to learn how to just sit and receive affirmations. but yeah, it got me thinking...someday when i have a family, i'm going to make affirmations a regular exercise. maybe it'll help them not fall into the inevitable asian trap of deriving worth from accomplishments. (because let's face it, my kids are going to be overachievers, or likely feel guilty that they're not).

i've started to think about packing and moving, which is causing a bit of anxiety. figured as long as i had my friend's car, i may as well try to move some stuff to unnee's house. after 2 trips and filling the closet of my would-be-bedroom...this is looking a little endless.

iman was so cute this morning...whenever i've dropped by, he asks me "are you staying??" today he came up to me and said "eemoh, i want to play with you" ... to which i suggested playing "let's clean up eemoh's closet". he was really excited about it for about 5 minutes.

having a car is awesome. i'm seriously debating getting one. times like this i wish i was married so we could divide the labor on such decisions. i have serious commitment issues with big decisions...