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It’s Everyone’s Birthday!

It’s Everyone’s Birthday!

by Heather Diamond | Feb 18, 2021 | Blog, Family, Intercultural, Relationships, Tradition, Writing

I stepped out of my comfort zone twenty years ago when I first came to Hong Kong, but I didn’t realize then that beyond every doorway we step through, there is another threshold we must dare ourselves to pass.

There’s a Chinese Saying for That

There’s a Chinese Saying for That

by Heather Diamond | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog, Daily Life, Family, Intercultural, Relationships

My intercultural marriage is never dull, but parts of it are mired in translation.

Enough with the Suspense. Tell Me When it’s Over.

Enough with the Suspense. Tell Me When it’s Over.

by Heather Diamond | Nov 2, 2020 | Blog, Daily Life, Family, Politics

I want to know how it all turns out. Do we conquer the virus? Does democracy survive? Do we get on with our lives together? Does love outweigh hate? I want to be prepared.

Wherever I go, there’s another me.

Wherever I go, there’s another me.

by Heather Diamond | Aug 1, 2020 | Blog, Daily Life, Family, Intercultural, Relationships, Travel

I woke up in the middle of the night last night thinking about authenticity. That thought came on the tail of a dream in which I was in a pink kitchen telling someone about why it wasn’t ok for a white woman to dress up in Chinese clothes and be part of a Chinese...
Bodies, Covid-19, and Cancer

Bodies, Covid-19, and Cancer

by Heather Diamond | Mar 18, 2020 | Blog, Daily Life, Family, Relationships, Travel, Writing

I live in my head, as do many writers, but I’ve been thinking about bodies lately. This is partly because this month I am in a writing workshop where we are writing essays on what the body remembers. Not much, if I ask mine. My head knows that there were triumphs and...
Fake Cake and Real Love at a Chinese Wedding

Fake Cake and Real Love at a Chinese Wedding

by Heather Diamond | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog, Family, Intercultural, Relationships, Tradition

I attended my third Lau family wedding a couple of weeks ago and once again I was startled by how different Hong Kong weddings are from typical American weddings. I realize many people have unconventional weddings and not everyone who gets married has one at all. I’ve...

Recent posts

  • It’s Everyone’s Birthday!
  • There’s a Chinese Saying for That
  • Enough with the Suspense. Tell Me When it’s Over.
  • Stepping into Silence
  • Wherever I go, there’s another me.
  • The Mask Divide
  • The Absence of Color
  • Bodies, Covid-19, and Cancer
  • Off to a Ratty Start
  • Travel Re-Entry and the Seige of CUHK

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