Creating Through the Pain
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I am Kathleen. I'm the daughter of a Hiroshima survivor and a native Japanese and also the author behind the blog.
Creating Through the Pain
4M ago
In the first weekend of December I made my Christmas Fudge and stirred it all on my own-which, for me is the first in a few years. The pain in my hands makes it difficult to hold spoons. However, with a wider handle along with the upper arm exercises I need to do (so that ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
9M ago
I discovered that Oppenheimer, even with 3 hours screentime, dismissed the rest of the story ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
1y ago
August 30th was International Grief Day. It’s fitting since August has always been a month that stood out in my family growing up. As you know my mother lost her family and friends in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Although I didn’t know why my mother had horrible nightmares, spent days in a darkened room ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
One month ago, I posted the 3 gold slides that are throughout this post on my Instagram & Twitter account after the Atlanta shooting/murder of 8 people, 6 being Asian women, leaving one survivor in critical condition. Since that post, an Asian woman in NYC was attacked while bystanders didn’t intervene, an Asian market was ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
Back in early October my dog, Scarlet (aka the kitchen ninja I mention in my author bio) wanted to befriend a snake. Determined to kibosh that opportunity before it got started, I intervened. I knew it wouldn’t end well. As a result, I fell, hit my head, and suffered a mild concussion. (On the upside ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
I had wanted to post this during Anti-bullying month in October, however, my fall and concussion kind of ruined my plans (more on that in my blog post next week)! In the beginning of the pandemic, my friend Darlene Beck Jacobson’s 2nd MG historical fiction novel, WISHES, DARES, & HOW TO STAND UP TO A BULLY ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
At my first SCBWI Carolinas conference held in Charlotte about 9 years ago I had attended a workshop taught by a North Carolina historical fiction author because I had discovered her book shortly before the session. I had been working on my first rough draft for The Last Cherry Blossom, reading as much MG historical ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
The other day an app on my phone sent me a “5 years ago” grouping of pictures-usually it just reminds me that I take way too many random pictures of food, or my dog in such a short time span. But this time, these pictures sparked memories of when my husband, daughter and I visited ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
Way back in November,2019 PC (pre Covid-19)… November 5th to be exact I had the honor of speaking at the United Nations in New York City!!!(I know, crazy, right?!) Now, you may remember that in December 2018 I did my chair happy dance when the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) listed The Last ..read more
Creating Through the Pain
2y ago
I don’t know about you, but it seems that my days are filled with the low hum of anxiety in the background of everything I do. Since the medical term Covid-19 along with phrases such as social distancing, and shelter in place* have been introduced, my world seems upside down. Just recently when at Target ..read more