Get Into Houa's Mind

Nco ntsoov kuv...thaum kuv hluas, kuv yeej zoo nkauj tshaj koj thiaj li nyiam kuv. Koj thiaj li tuaj ua ciaj tuag kom tau kuv. Lub sij hawm kuv cov me plaub haus tseem dub, tseem ci, tseem zoo, lub sij hawm kuv lub me ntsej muag tseem tshiab, tseem mos, tseem hluas, koj tuaj cog lus tias yuav hlub kuv ib leeg. Koj lub siab yuav pom kuv ib leeg ua koj tug. Lub sij hawm thaum kuv hluas, kuv yog tus koj ntshaw tshaj.  Nco ntsoov kuv...thaum kuv tseem ua tau, kuv yeej tsis los thov koj ua ib zaug. Yog kuv ob sab tes, ob sab taws ua tau, ces lub ncauj yeej tsis tuaj thov txog koj. Vim tib neeg lub cev txawj laus, txawj mob, zog txawg tag, kuv thiaj tuaj thov txog koj hnub no. Kuv tus kheej los kuv yeej tsis xav tias muaj hnub kuv yuav zoo li no, es nrhiav qhov twg los zog tsis muaj.  Nco ntsoov kuv...thaum kuv tseem hais lus rau koj vim kuv tseem hlub koj. Yog hnub twg kuv lub ncauj tsis muaj lus hais rau koj, hnub ntawm yog hnub uas koj yuav tau txhawj tias yog vim li cas....

Lub hnub tawj tuaj siab siab lawm, ua cas kuv tsim los, kuv pw ib leeg ntsiag to. Lub chaw tsis muaj nws pw ntawm kuv ib sab. Lub vaj lub tsev tsis sov, nyob yam txhias to kho siab lwj siab dhi. Vim tias nag hmo yog niam yau hmo es kuv thiaj li tau pw ib leeg nrog lub suab cua. Kuv paub tias thaum nws rov los, nws yuav nqa niam yau tus txhiab nrog nws los, yuav los tsw thoob kuv lub tsev, zoo yam ib tug xyw uas tsis pub nws dim. Thaum no, kuv yuav mob siab los kuv yuav ua txuj tsis paub mob. Vim lub neej sib faib tus txiv yeej zoo li no. Ntuj teb tag hmo thaum kuv pw ua npua suav phem, ntshai tsim dheev los kua muag tws si, los kuv yuav nrhiav tsis tau nws. Vim kuv tus dab ntub txawj phem txawj tsim kuv thaum kuv nyob ib leeg. Tej me kev npau suav phem los thawj kuv thaum kuv tus txiv tsis nrog kuv nyob. Ua rau kuv pw tsis tau, quaj sawv los ncig tsev txog tsheej tag hmo los tsis paub  ua zaj twg. Vim lub neej faib tus txiv yeej zoo li no.  Thaum nws los pw ntawm kuv ib...

It started with a message from my good friend Sheng Yang of NSY Entertainment. She messaged me about a few months back saying, "Honey, I'm putting together a concert for the July 4th festival gettogether. Will you help me make it happen? Will you be my emcee?" I agreed even though I was a bit nervous because I have no experience whatsoever being an emcee hahaha. But she's my friend and I agreed to help her out. We began messaging each other back and forth about who can help do what and the connections we each had. I was excited to help her make it happen.  She explained about it being a new wave concert, 80's music, going back in time. I thought, perfect! I'm  an old soul at heart and I love the music I grew up with. You can't find that anywhere these days. So I just couldn't wait until the day came. She put together a message thread and it included all the artists who would be performing and to better prepare myself, I looked up ...

An awakening has happened and I'm walking on a journey that has my mind, body and soul at one with something of a higher power. I have come to believe in something as great as my ancestors and I have come to experience something just as grand. My life up until now has been a vision of what is to be and although there were moments that I had to pause and really question things, the veil that has blinded my eyes has been lifted. I can now finally see clearly and without a doubt, I know that I have been born for this purpose.  The higher power calls to me and I answer on a daily basis. We speak as one, we travel as one and we live as one. It is within me and I can feel it grow stronger. I can feel it guide me as I walk through this journey to self-discovery. I am not alone. I have something that is of great purpose and a vision that is to heal leading me. With it by my side, I am no longer lost; I'm no longer afraid. I can face the day without fear and I can see clearly what...

Wow! Just like that and 2018 is coming to an end. I remembered when the year began and I was thinking how long it would be until December. And here it has arrived. Christmas was here and already over with. It seems, I blinked and it ended. The Christmas tree is still up and I still am hearing Christmas music, but all that will end soon. And the time to celebrate the last day of 2018 will come upon us.  My reflections of 2018 are of sadness, growth and love. Sadness is when I think to the moment where I lost my father. It was in early 2018, February to be exact, and I thought about how horrible the year was. It began with so much pain and so much tears. I didn't think I'd grow from it or even breathe again. But I did. Growth is what I found next, growing from the pain, from the loss and from the tragic. To move on, you have to grow, and you have to find the ability to move on, no matter how much it may hurt. Love, is when you know you still have those around you who can h...

          Lucy Wallace sat in the chair of the dark corner watching her husband glare at her as he stood by the doorway with a suitcase in his hand. She recalled he said something like he had to leave…her. But her mind had closed off the moment she saw the suitcase. She knew something wasn’t right and the thought made her chest swell to the point of pain. Now as she sat watching his emotionless eyes, she knew that love was never real for them. It was just an imagination that she so wanted to be real. How could it be real? She, a farmer’s daughter from the country side and him, a city boy who was rich and could have anything he wanted. They came together because they wanted to prove that everyone was wrong about them. Well, now that she knew the truth, everyone had proved her wrong.           “Did you hear me?” Scott Wallace asked as he set the suitcase down. She ignored him and shut her e...