Friends, today I am back in Oregon. I just arrived yesterday, on a last minute flight, to attend the memorial of my dad, who crossed over September 22nd. Around the time of his death, I got jolted awake at 5am Bali time, September 23rd, with my heart pounding due to a 4.8 earthquake which hit Bali, and I had dreamt just a week ago, on September 17th, that he had passed, and I woke up crying. I believe these incidences arent coincidences. The timing is impeccable, with just a day before I was planning to leave to Vietnam, I was able to avert my plans and have enough money to fly back. If I had already been in Vietnam with the visa fee and situated with a new apartment, going back would not have been financially possible. I believe this isnt a coincidence. My plans to stay in Vietnam for three months has been diverted due to lifes circumstances, but life has a way of sorting things out and I look forward to hanging out with my Oregon friends (I already have a hiking date tomorrow with my highschool friend, cos thats what Oregonians do!), keeping mom company, cultivating more business and networking connections, attending more ecstatic dances in Portland, playing in the orchestra, and joining the dragonboat team! I bought this black and white dress 5 years ago, the last year my dad was healthy before being diagnosed with Parkinsons disease. I have never worn it and the tag was still on. Who knew, five years ago, that the first time Id wear it would be to a funeral. I am grateful that it still fits (albeit quite snugly but if you can zip it you can fit it!). In your own way, you were my greatest inspiration for living life. Thank you, dad, for all the opportunities youve opened up for me. For giving me my first car, which lasted me the time after college when I had a normal job, for giving me the $3,000 violin for my graduation present, which I will play again in a local orchestra, and for instilling the travel bug at a young age, when I migrated to the US. It looks like the root to rise mantra Ive been resonating with lately means being an Oregonian again for awhile, building up my business and figuring out my next strategic slow travel/live abroad move within the next year or two. I know dad wanted me to stay in Forest Grove, and not go to Bali, but I am back and will stay for awhile. My time in Bali for a business mastermind retreat has been absolutely amazing. Im still processing everything but I can say the experience with Natalie MacNeil, et. al. has been nothing short of transformational. I feel reborn. Its rejuvenated my drive towards making a million dollar business and growing my beehive. In fact, I bought RED lipstick before my Bali trip because it made me feel like Queen Bee, and through group brainstorming, Ive come into the Ebook Queen title and brand (am manifesting a Paris photoshoot with my stylist Eyenie Schultz to embody the Queen fashionista soon!). I know that mom and dad both support me. As one life ends, another life begins and I am blazing my own trail, traveling the world, in memory of you, dad. To adventure! In my own backyard.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 04:04:20 +0000
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