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HapaMama

Asian Fusion Family and Food

A blog by Grace Hwang Lynch

Do As I Say

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Can an ugly interaction in traffic turn into a teachable moment?

He approached my minivan as we were sitting at a red light, watching construction trucks cross the intersection .

I rolled the window down, assuming he was a foreman directing traffic.

“You don’t have to leave twenty feet! If you’d pull up I could get around!” he shouted and then stomped off.

“YOU CAN BE NICE ABOUT IT!” I yelled back, as I let my foot off the brake — just a little.

In the rear-view window, I watched his white van squeeze by me and cut through the dry cleaner’s parking lot to make a right turn.

“Did you really say that?” a little voice from the backseat asked.

YES I DID.

Language, Culture and the Search for Summer Camps

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“What camps are your kids doing this summer?”

It’s the question that comes up during any mom conversation at this time of year. As soon as the Christmas decorations come down, the brochures start arriving in the mail

Wine and cupcakes for Japan

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No, not together! But this will be a busy weekend for fundraising to help the survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan.

Paper Cranes for Japan

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In Japanese culture, origami paper cranes symbolize hope and wishes granted. Legend has it that if a person folds one thousand cranes, their wishes would be fulfilled.

March Madness, Adventure Guides Pinewood Derby

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The third of month of the year, I know to give my husband some space. It’s the time of year when men engage in the weeks-long attempt to prove their manhood in primitive feats of strength. Especially if it involves beer, swearing, and power tools.

It’s Pinewood Derby time.