What Color is God's Love? by Xochitl Dixon is such a beautiful book. This is a book that radiates joy from the cover to the illustrations to each perfectly chosen word. We can't force people to care about the earth, the plants, the water, the birds, or the animals. But this book can make us want to love our earth. We can't legislate kindness. [...]
We’ve lived in Wisconsin for six years. I could fill pages with what I miss about Hawaii, but it wouldn’t change anything. Mountains and oceans would not magically appear, there would not be an abundance of amazing Asian and Hawaiian food, and perfect mangoes, papaya, and lychee would not suddenly appear in my kitchen. So let’s talk about what I love and would miss [...]
When I was nineteen I developed a massive goiter. They never did find out why this happened to me, but in my second semester of my freshman year of college, I spent a week at KU Medical Center and additional time at the local hospital in my hometown. On April Fool’s Day, which was also my mom’s birthday, my doctor removed over half of [...]
