Happy New Year!

There's no better way to start the New Year than with family. Hope that this year is filled with blessings beyond measure. God bless!

brothers: bigger younger and smaller older.

i like it when they laugh.

In The Air Again.

I took this shot while on my flight out to Houston this weekend. My noona Amy is getting married and so I'm flying out to join in the festivities. The crazy thing about us is that her parents have been close with ours ever since we moved to LA in '84. In fact, her parents knew my aunt (my mom's older sister) before they knew us, and they helped my parents when we first moved out to Cali. The last time I saw them was when I was seven, during the summer before we moved to Moscow, Russia. We lost touch, but as with all random connections, she found me on xanga, since one of my profile pictures was from when I was like 4.
We've been in touch ever since, and so I'm really excited about this brief family reunion. I probably shouldn't be flying in my current headache/coughing condition, but hey, anything for family.

Family Time.

I spent today with two of my cousins from my mom's side of the family. The beautiful people you see next to me are Daniel and Esther, two of my closest cousins. They're both working in the city and took some time to just chill with me and wander around NY, since I haven't been able to do so in such a long time. It was so great and refreshing to see them, and just being around them helped me really take a break from the deep emotions I've been dealing with recently. So yeah, thanks, you two, for making things a bit easier to cope with and reminding me of the importance of family.

Later that night, I spent time with cousin's son (which I guess makes him my second cousin). His name is Zubin, he's two years old, and is as adorable in person as he is in the picture. Man, I love kids.

Family.

I flew down to Southern California this weekend to visit my parents and brother, who was in town for spring break. While I can't really get myself to call it home because I never lived there, it was great to be back together with them again, regardless of how short it was.

Family picture...

This is why I miss North Carolina. And this is why I call NC home. Because my family is there, and after this trip, I know that sometime in my life, I will move back there to be reunited with them. Until then, I miss you guys.