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I Promised Her I Would Take Better Care of Myself

12/27/10 11:00am by Giyen
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Margarine

I’ve had an issue with food since I was about three years old. One of my earliest memories is sneaking into the kitchen, peeling away the gold foil on the stick of Blue Bonnet margarine and biting into it with reckless abandon. Yes, this is a true story. When you are left home with a schizophrenic mother while your siblings are off at school and your father is at work -- well, you find comfort where you can. Apparently, at three, you can find solace in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.  Read more >

We Wear Short Shorts

3/18/10 12:06pm by Giyen
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Short Shorts

During the month of March, all these emotions start percolating up to the surface. It's birthday month.  Read more >

Somewhere Under A Rainbow: Mothering When You Didn't Have a Mother

3/10/10 10:00am by Giyen
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Seattle Rainbow

I spent the whole of Wednesday buried under my covers feeling sorry for myself. My daughter Paige and I have been fighting like cats and dogs as of late, maneuvering our way through the typical mother-daughter dynamics (I hate you! I love you!). I'm not exaggerating when I say that there have been some knock-down, drag-out screaming matches and threats of boycotting each other -- 4-ever! It's completely unrelenting.  Read more >

Parenting a Teen: A Little Glimpse of Hope

3/2/10 12:00pm by Giyen
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There's a certain point at which you realize that everything left to do as a parent is pretty much small potatoes compared to all the work you did between the ages of zero and 12. Gone are the days when the definition of "mom" meant "center of the universe." Gone are the days when going to bed without snuggling seemed sacrilegious. You realize that window of opportunity for imparting your great nuggets of wisdom has mostly passed and that your job now is relegated to chauffeur and chef. And that's if you are lucky.  Read more >

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Giyen Kim
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My name is Giyen - pronounced GEE-yen (which rhymes with pee-yin).  I am a 34 year-old single mum of a 15 year-old girl named Paige.  We live just outside the lovely city of Seattle, Washington where there are more dogs per capita than children and more bookstores per capita than anywhere else in the United States.  Paige and I have a sometimes contentious relationship due to the fact that she is a born litigator and likes to argue every angle until (a.) I mentally shut down, (b.) I bring out the ugly voice or (c.) I buckle under the pressure of her extreme cross-examination.  God, I love that child more than anything (but at this juncture I don't have a dog so things could change).

Sometime in late February 2008 I woke up after a few restless hours of sleep and made the decision to resign.  Instead of doing what most rational people do in this predicament - find another job and then quit - I ran to work, wrote my resignation that day and set it on my boss's chair before I turned chicken shit.  Aside from parenthood, this act is the most significant thing I have ever done in my adult life.  In fact, it is also the most selfish and rash decision I have ever made.  I can only sum up my actions by saying that it was the greatest demonstration of love I could ever fathom showing myself.  I deserve to be happy.

Instead of getting a real job, I now do freelance consulting.  I still chuckle to think that people pay me for my opinion on things, but I think I do a good job.  When I am not working, I am chronicling my journey in life in a blog called "Bacon Is My Enemy".  I find myself in unchartered territory here, learning how to be a happy person after years of being the contrary. I truly believe that if someone with as much emotional baggage as I have can break free and live a happy and authentic life, then just about anyone can do it.  It's hard work, but it's worth it. 

Just like the other 16 million bloggers out there I hope to make a living from writing and consulting.  I have a lot to learn but I am optimistic because I am having so much fun.

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