Finally, here is the promised report about our trip to Samoa. Sorry this took so long in coming Jody. I’m going to try and be better about serving up some koko samoa on a regular basis from here on out:-).
Samoa, what can I say? Samoa is er…. still Samoa. My last visit to Samoa was about [...]
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I got up very late this morning due to the fact that I have a bit of a cold. Well, that wasn’t the only reason. I did stay up til 3 in the morning reading. I seem to have frequent bouts of insomnia these days. I’ve heard that this can be attributed to age, well, [...]
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We’ve been working hard these last few days trying to get everything packed, cleaned, and organized for our upcoming move. The boys were packing books and stuff when they came across old photo albums. So, of course, everything had to stop so that we could all take a look at all those old photos.
There were [...]
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As busy as we get sometimes, we really do try to make sure that we spend quality time with our boys every week. Some families are lucky to be able to have dinner together every day of the week, we’re lucky if we can eat dinner together twice a week. Actually, Sundays is always a good [...]
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I was talking to my son about dating the other day. I think I was trying to tell him that kids here date far too early as far as I’m concerned so of course I had to tell him that in Samoa people don’t usually date until they are much older. The [...]
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Cover the mirror at night, if not you’ll see a miku staring out at you. Don’t comb your hair late at night or you’ll make the aiku fafine jealous. Don’t whistle at night aua e pi’o ai lou guku. We Samoans have our share of superstitions. It is somewhat funny when we you think about it [...]
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Yes, the whole question of white vs. black (and all other shades in between) is still alive and well. Do I experience it? Absolutely! Maybe not every day but enough so that it’s something that you need to deal with. Its enough of a concern so that when we found out where we were moving [...]
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Now that I’m stuffed with candy and all that good stuff I’m ready to make up for the last few days. My goal was to post something at least every other day, obviously I’ve failed miserably. Anyway I just got back from trickotreating with my 8 year old. My 15 year old said he was [...]
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Today marked the anniversary of another year of my life. As I reflect on my life thus far I have to say that for a girl from a small Samoan village who grew up with very limited means (relatively speaking) I’ve done okay. I don’t mean to say that in a boastful way. Rather, it [...]
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