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Welcome to my memoir
Because why just read my misadventures when you can hear them, too?
Jan 1, 2025
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January: Thresholds
a reflective in between
Jan 15
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21. Sibling rivalry
What it felt like to grow up as the daughter who wasn’t the prince
Jan 8
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20. Cute is good enough
What I inherited in love, what I believed in fear, and what I healed in time
Dec 31, 2025
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Ho, ho, ho ~ Happy Holidays!
books, books, and more books
Dec 18, 2025
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19. May break my bones...
A story about the names we’re given, the ones we reject, and the ones we reclaim.
Dec 11, 2025
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18. Sticks and stones...
a chapter about the blows that landed on my body, and the ones that stayed in my memory
Dec 4, 2025
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Happy Thanksgiving 2025
Sassy Billy Strings, soup, and sweet, sweet flapjacks
Nov 27, 2025
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17. The magical mystery tour
coming-of-age through sound
Nov 20, 2025
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What's on your desk? #7
Introducing Lauca's Tales and TCM insights
Nov 15, 2025
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16. 52 days (part 2)
or what happens when first-generation Americans go back to the motherland...
Nov 6, 2025
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16. 52 days (part 1)
It's 1989 and we're heading back to Thailand, baby...
Oct 30, 2025
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Locking in 2025
or reinventing your life
Oct 18, 2025
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15. Viva Las Vegas
Some families go camping...
Oct 11, 2025
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