While studying abroad, I had the opportunity to accompany string players in an international competition. The competition’s jurors were...

I started playing the piano at 5 years old and loved to read new pieces like others read stories. I was always sightreading music from...

I've been reading the disturbing news about how engaging on Instagram can cause extreme anxiety for teens and especially, young women on...

As a kid of immigrant parents in the midwest, we - as a family - always tried so hard to fit in and just blend in. When you think about...

Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking. Antonio Machado My immigrant Taiwanese parents sought to give their three...

This season, I find myself running around at the Cross Country meets, trying to catch sight of my boys at different arrival points along...

"Did the coach say anything about cancelling practice over rain?" I asked Son #1 at his bedroom door, early this morning. "No," I heard...

Just glanced at the clock and am astonished. My son has been at the piano for over 3 hours. In these lazy afternoons before school...

Last night, I had the opportunity to be among parents without their children. We were primarily parents of new students at a special...

For over 7 years, I was the author of an anonymous and private blog titled "Once Upon a Snowflake." I came to write at this space daily,...

When my son was in elementary school, I enrolled him in an afterschool religion class. Like many kids, he didn't exactly want to be there...