Sherry Yuan Hunter

Chopped Apples Means Love

Why do apples in Taiwan, imported from the States, taste so much better than apples in the States? The secret is love.

I Am Where I Should Be

We cannot control the past. We cannot control other people. If I am here, I am going to make the best of it.

Fail to Succeed

Accept that failure is part of the process of developing, and not a reflection of our shortcomings.

A Tiger Mom Roaring

My Tiger Mom approach involved a lot of criticism about what they weren’t doing and should be doing. It involved strict rules and little room for enjoying each other.

Chinese, Not Chinese

I felt neither here nor there. I never felt like I was ‘in’ an ‘in group’ because I am always an outsider. I’m not really ‘local’ anywhere.

I’m Proud of You, Mommy

“You know, I’m really proud of you. It’s not easy to NOT yell at kids – not a lot of parents can do that. And now we hardly have a day when you yell at us.”

Not Doin’ Nothin’ This Weekend

So I’ve decided… I’m not going to do anything this weekend. I’m not going to make a list, I’m not going to feel guilty.

Maybe, He’s a Spoon…

When we knowingly wink and say ‘well, he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer’, we are assuming that someone is a knife and that a knife should be sharp. We know that’s not true.

You know where I’m going with this, right? I’m not that mom who spent a month planning and creating the perfect homemade costume, who is decking out the porch in Halloween decorations, who spent the weekend carving Jack o’Lanterns with my kids and their cousins… Nope. I had to all day work Sunday. I wasContinueContinue reading “Lazy Procrastinating Mama”

Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!

For the first few years of my kids’ lives, I thought that yelling at them was my way of disciplining and teaching them. But over time, I came to notice that 1) I wasn’t consistent in what I yelled at, 2) I had some specific triggers, and 3) while some things might have made aContinueContinue reading “Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!”