Get Into Houa's Mind

I offer my hand in prayer for you in the dark time of your life I know that right now your heart is being torn as if being cut by a knife The world may lay at your feet in all that is great But what no one knows is that the hurt is something you did not create I offer my hand in prayer for you in the whispers of the night I hope that it will lift your spirit and take it all away with flight Your tears that fall is one that cannot be erased in time But know that it will get better as the clock chimes I offer my hand in prayer for you from all of my heart I want you to know that life can still be a piece of colorful art You can smile and laugh when you feel you may break A smile can take away all of the world's hate

Kuv me tub...hnub no kuv txoj sia ze qhov yuav tsis nrog koj nyob. Kuv lub kua muag poob npaum twg los ntshe kuv yuav cheem tsis tau lub sij hawm. Kuv saib koj ob lub me qhov muag xwb kuv twb mob siab tsis txawj tag. Yuav ua cas tso tau kuv tub tseg ua ntsuag. Kuv  me tub...txij thaum yug tau koj los, kuv ob sab tes yeej plhws koj me taub haus, nqa koj txog hnub koj mus tau ke es hnub no kuv ob sab tes tuag siav tsa tsis tau los hlub koj. Saib kuv me tub los txhos caug quaj thov kom kuv qhib qhov muag saib nws los ua tsis tau. Kuv me tub...nco ntsoov mog tias kuv hlub koj tshaj plaws. Ntawm kuv lub neej txoj sia, koj yog kuv qhov chaw cia siab. Ntseeg tsis tau tias ib tug neeg dog dig li kuv yuav muaj txoj hmoo los tau koj ua kuv me tub. Mus txog twg los koj yog tus yuav ris kuv lub npe mus txog ntawm. Kuv me tub...caum kom cuag koj tus npau suav mog. Txawm luag yuav thuam yuav tsis ntseeg koj, nco ntsoov tias kuv yuav yog koj lub zog thaum koj mus tsis tau. Nco ntsoov t...

This year, I celebrated 22 years of marriage. It's amazing how fast time flies when you're in love. I dread to think how long it must be if you're not. I love listening to Saib Lom Zem on YouTube and hearing May or Niam Ntsuab Tem talk about life stories makes me ponder how sad it must be for women who had no choice in picking their partners in life. I had the ability to choose mine and my life, although I may not have a mansion or nice cars, I'm filthy rich in other departments. I have a husband who appreciates, loves and cares about me. Keeping it lit...what does it mean? It means to keep your marriage alive by not forgetting about why you married your spouse. You must always continue to date your spouse. Set aside a day a week to spend it with them. No matter how busy life is, you must dedicate one day a week to date your husband or wife. That one day will be the day just for you. Sometimes when we become parents, we forget we were once lovers who could not get...

This past weekend, it was my Uncle Yaj Pov's funeral. As I sat there listening to the family discuss his achievements and his love, it hit me so hard. I was once again at my own parents' funeral and mourning them. Loss itself is such a hard thing to endure. We wake each day and have to find the energy to figure out how to move on when moving on seems the last thing to do. In life, we are born and then we die. It is a journey we all must follow and live through. Perhaps this is why we must love hard and live well. It is to create an everlasting image in others of us and an imprint in our minds of what we have created. Death is a hard subject to face and going through it is very lonely. Sometimes you find the day makes fun of you and the night haunts you with memories. It's a task you find you must use your strength to even lift a spoon to eat. The walls hum all the memories you shared with that one person and you don't know if you will ever be able to smile again....

I hear it all the time. Is this worth it? Should I do it? What if I fail? What if no one supports me? What if I don't make any money? Well, here's my answer for you: JUST GO FOR IT! Yes. That's your answer. It's always easier for me to say it and harder for you to actually go for it. But in the end, you'll be proud that you did actually go for it. When you want to start something, it'll be quite lonely. You'll question yourself as you stare into your decreasing bank account if this was the right choice. When friends and families stop calling you to parties because you're always busy, you'll wonder if this was good to do. And when you cry for the hundredth time because things didn't work out as planned, you'll want to give up. But let me tell you something. JUST GO FOR IT. Yes. Whether you fail or not, it is a lesson you'll learn. You won't do it again the second time around if you didn't see results. If you did, you'll...

Peb ua neeg nyob, qhov zoo peb niam thiab txiv yeej qhia kom ua. Qhov tsis zoo peb niam thiab txiv yeej cob kom txhob ua. Yus loj hlob zuj zus, yus txawj xav, yus mam rov kawm tau txhua yam rau yus tus kheej. Ua neeg nyob, lo lus tias paub hnub no, tsis paub tag kis, thaum tsis tau muaj kev txom nyem, tsis nkag siab tias lo lus xyov txhais li cas. Hnub tau kev txom nyem lawm, mam taus taub lo lus hais tseg. Peb xav kom peb txawj yees siv es hloov tau sij hawm rov qab yog muaj ib tug txheeb ib ze plam ntawm peb mus. Cheem li cas los cheem tsis tau nrog yus nyob. Thov npaum twg los poob rau pob ntsej lag. Ua ib sim neej, qhov tu siab tshaj plaws yog thaum yus tau ntsia ntsoov tus neeg yus hlub qi muag lawm zus zuj, txoj pas yaus mus lawm. Yus ntshai tsam ib feeb mus ces sij hawm tig tsis tau rov qab los pom tus neeg yus hlub. Ib sim neej, tej laus thiaj li hais tias, muaj yam qab kav tsij noj, muaj yam zoo yeej meev hnav, ces twb yog vim tag kis nqa tsis tau kev cog lus ...

I was at my aunt's house for a night vigil gathering for the loss of her husband. There, her younger sister and I started talking about death and how it impacted our lives. There are questions we ask and then there is the silence we receive. I was explaining to her that it will continue to hurt no matter how much time has passed. You just learn to live a bit each day. It's the only way how we survive, learning to cope as the hours tick by. Among the many discussions we had, the one thing that popped up was why? Why him? Why now? Why? Why? WHY?!!!! And I had told her about how when my own parents died, I spent countless hours asking the same question and I ended up with nothing but silence Through the hours, the days, the months and weeks ahead, I thought, I would get an answer as to why now, why here, why me. And the truth is, there is just no answer to life's unfairness. We are just stripped of it and left with tears and an aching heart. I remembered the night my ...