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    The Final Goodbye

    My dad, Yung Shik Kim, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2019.
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Phyllis AAPI, Featured, Race & Diversity May 6, 2022
What brings you delight? It's the little things like that K-drama I used to watch from the VCR tapes of old. ...Read More
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5 Tips for Talking with Kids About Current Events

Phyllis Faith Phyllisophy, Family & Parenting, Featured, Politics, Race & Diversity, Self Care & Wellness January 7, 2021
Yesterday, was a difficult day for many of us. For me, it was a culmination of not just the past several years, but the several hundreds of years of our history here in the United States. I received texts, emails, and saw posts on ...Read More
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Letting Go of the Assimilation Chameleon

Phyllis AAPI, Blogging, Featured, General, race, Race & Diversity December 18, 2020
Since our family’s trip to South Korea in April of 2019, I have been delving more deeply into my Korean roots. I have been mourning the loss of my Korean culture and traditions for the past several years. It has definitely been a journey, ...Read More
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Lament & Repent

Phyllis AAPI, race, Race & Diversity, racism, Relationships May 30, 2020
I’ve probably read Lamentations 5 more than a dozen times in the past couple days along with this version of Lamentations 5 that was originally from Dr. Soong-Chan Rah’s book Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times: Remember, Lord, what happened to ...Read More
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I am them

Phyllis race, Race & Diversity, racism May 27, 2020
Yesterday, my news and social media feeds were filled with two stories – one about a woman who called the cops on a man in Central Park, and another one about a man named George Floyd who was killed by police brutality. I was ...Read More
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    I didn’t intentionally plan to fly on this day. I didn’t intentionally plan to fly on this day. I still feel the palpable fear of 9/11 all those years ago. I was walking to work in Midtown Manhattan marveling the beautiful and bright blue sky of that day. I heard people chatting about a plane flying into one of the towers and brushed it off as something so ridiculous. It wasn’t until I got off the floor of my office that I realized it wasn’t ridiculous, but it actually happened and another plane hit the other tower. Friends, loved ones, colleagues lost…. The city was never the same and our world was never the same. I remember the frantic calls to try to track down my brother to make sure he was safe and not being able to get through. I remember the terrible client who called to try to put in a trade so he could profit from this tragedy. I remember the quiet and empty streets that once were bustling. I remember not riding the subway for several years. I remember huddling in my brother’s apartment wondering what the hell just happened that evening. I remember all the American flags in cabs and cars as well as the flag pins we wore on our lapels. I remember the security guard at my office taking the logo plate off our building because it looked like a government logo. I remember the fear that gripped us for a long time and made us treat those who didn’t look like us with great injustice. I remember the brave women and men who ran to help. I remember all those we lost and how we collectively mourned. I still have not been able to go the site even after all these decades later because there is a part of me that wants to forget that time. But I remember. Always.
    Because we missed the ocean. #summervibes Because we missed the ocean. #summervibes
    Happy first day of high school my sweet #ninjette! Happy first day of high school my sweet #ninjette! We are excited for the new school and new experiences! Cheers to the new school year!
    We knew there was a hurricane coming, but we didn’t know about the earthquake! It didn’t matter because we were having too much fun at unistudios with bentobenito and julliebeans and there were no lines!!!!! #supernintendoworld #toadscafe #mariokart #waylatergram
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