CAN HAIKU AND SIJO POEMS COEXHIST TOGETHER, YOU BE THE JUDGE? SIJO # 162: MOON JARS… Hope is a…quiet thing that paints the night’s sky while the world sleeps.   Hope is the…moon’s grace that always shines regardless of its phase.   The Moon Jar…reminds us of life’s fullness through life’s emptiness. HAIKU # 618: MOON JARS… Hope captured inside, the Moon Jar’s faithful arms of — fullness, emptiness. Three interesting things about Moon Jars: Moon Jars are a type of traditional Korean porcelain. It was popular during the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910). Proportionally, they are unbalanced, in essence, this creates…

Seoul To Soul, a beautiful story that celebrates the inseparable bonds of love between the mother, Mia, and her daughter, Nabi (Korean for butterfly), as they try to find pieces of Nabi’s past in the country of her birth through a road trip that starts in Seoul, yet their adventures in South Korea live on forever in their souls — Seoul To Soul. Seoul To Soul…what makes this novel unique: A cultural, historical, and introspective journey through the Korean Peninsula, embracing Korea’s form of haiku poetry, syllabic verse poetry, called sijo poetry. A fictional story to encourage meaningful conversations between…

Endorsement by President Andy Dorsey: “I had a meeting with the student government association, and it was really fun to see one of the students light up when talking about you. They talked about what a great job you have done in creating community in your classes” (Dec. 10, 2015).    Training Workshop 2025-2026 — for corporate, private, or education industries: CINDY’S SECRET: Cinderella had nothing, yet she had everything.  Her secret is simple, she was able to create abundance out of the ashes of the world around her. What life lessons can we learn from her, and how can…

HAIKU # 615: ZENNING MIDLIFE, finding meaning…Go, deep into the,Wilderness of your heart’s truth,Right there, you’ll find, you. The parts of you that,Are familiar and bright,The dark shadows, too. Be awake unto,Yourself and use the chaos,To lead you deeper. Deeper and deeper,Into what makes you feel alive.Right there, find yourself. Find yourself and stay,There for a while, right there where,Life’s passion meets you. A place and a space,That helps you to turn your pain,Into passion blooms. And when you leave the,Wilderness, leave behind your,Passion flowers, bright. To inspire a new,Story born from your heart’s truth,Inside, a new heart. That is…

What is a mother’s heart made from: NEW HOPE: HAIKU # 322 …My life…fresh, new — hope,a place of inner balance,from life’s outer mess. But, it’s also a place to feel life when we realize we’re just… HUMAN: HAIKU # 240 …The freedom to love —and to be loved, intertwined,into the heart of time. Why would God give a mother’s heart so much power? To realize that her family is her world… MY FAMILY’S LOVE, THE WORLD: HAIKU # 274.…A friend, traveling,the world to find herself, but…my world, my kids’ love. And when a mother embraces this truth, the world…

A person hasn’t truly lived until you’ve been on a South African safari, and then, you’ll better understand these words … “When a person leaves the South African bushveld, you’ll come to better understand the realization that the sun shines for all, or in the words of an African proverb, “The sun does not forget a village just because it is small.” The sun doesn’t forget about our individuality just because we’re one speck in life’s ever-expanding hand of creativity. The same sun shines for all of God’s creatures from the rhino beetles to the leopard tortoises. We’re all included…