Posts tagged motherhood
Dear Chook-Chook (A Letter To My Daughter)
Dear Chook-Chook (A Letter To My Daughter)

You once said to your father: “Papa, you are brown.” He gently took you to mirror, “Yes Chook-Chook, so are you”…

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WomanBy Chetna Prakash (From India, Zambia, Germany, UK & Australia. Living in Melbourne)tck, TCK TOWN, Tck, TCK, third culture kid, india, Australian, Australia, Indian, food, familiy, languages, language, motherhood, mother, daughter, cuisine, dinner, culture, cultural, ancestry, Hindi, Hindu, Diwali, TOP TENComment
Only Girls Sew
Only Girls Sew

In early autumn when female students in Japan were expected to be making scarves/mufflers and sweaters for their boyfriends as love tokens, my professor would walk into the cafeteria, walk up to a group of women knitting and ask for someone’s. He would peer at it with a critical eye and start knitting and hold a conversation with anyone in the group who was currently a student of his.

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UsBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, culture, gender, girls, boys, role, roles, Afghani, Japan, sew, mother, motherhood, children, father, brother, TokyoComment
The Thermostats Of Strangers
The Thermostats Of Strangers

Perhaps my sorry state tugged on this woman's strings of motherhood and allowed her to look upon me as just another uncomfortable human. There was a call to nurture and I allowed her to play mum for just the briefest of instances - so fast, if you weren't looking, you'd miss it.

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Thank YouBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)English, TCK, kindness, customers, commute, station, help, courtesy, stranger, Vegas, Texas, tck, New Orleans, subway, tube, motherhood, Hong Kong, summer, tourists, Tokyo, train, TCK TOWN, third culture kid, Japanese Comment