Monthly Archives: September 2009

“People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you’re successful, you will win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you … Continue reading →

Across the world, different parents have different hopes and dreams for their children. Many just want their kids to be more than what they were–richer, smarter, more popular, or whatever -er than they were. Some devote all their parental energies … Continue reading →

Konomi has been home sick this week with a cough. (For those of you who don’t know, Konomi is our Japanese “daughter” who has lived with us for over a year now–she’s 21 and just beautiful, inside and out.) She’s … Continue reading →

Keith and I celebrated our 11th anniversary last month. We were incredibly blessed actually to get to celebrate it in Kaua’i on our way back to Japan from a summer in the U.S. We’ve been married for 11 years, and … Continue reading →