Author: Kathy Hongzeff

7 Things I’ve Learned From Being a Mom & SAHM

Person with no kids: Omigod, your boys are so cute and fun, you must want to be around them all the time!! Kathy: Nope, not all the time. (Looks at me like I’m a bad person) 7 simple things I’ve learned from being a mother and a SAHM: 1. Having...

Raising the Sweet Boy

One thing I’ve learned only after I became a mother of boys… I love the free spirit of little boys before society tells them what they should and should not do or say as males. When boys are small, they hold hands with eachother, they say things like “I love...

Friendship: Love You Long Time

One major life lesson I know to be completely true is… That even in what seems to be the darkest moments of a friendship, if there is true love, a real understanding of eachother and a friendship that exists without the ridiculousness of keeping up with the joneses whether it...

When I Was Young…Youngerish.

When I was young… I wanted to be anything but Asian. Now I be like “Woohoo, I love my people!” Some kids used to call me horrible names, now I have kids who call me names like mommy and pretty princess. I used to look in the mirror & think...

Maria Kang, why people no love you long time?

A post from last year I still find relevant today. Luckily I’m surrounded by women who are proud of her & inspired by her: I looked at her and the first thing I thought was “damn, she looks amazing, I hope to look like that next year!” and then I...

Verbal Diarrhea on Repeat: You Deserve Better

Verbal Diarrhea on Repeat: You Deserve Better

Continuously saying horrible things to people and then apologizing afterwards. Like a neverending loop of verbal diarrhea. On constant repeat. Stay away from those types of people. Cut them loose. The problem isn’t you…it’s them. They put up a front of security and badassness to mask their true selves. They...

Things my Korean Parents Have Said To Me…

Exhibit A: Classic Typical Korean mom moment # I lost count: Mom: Thanks for the pictures yesterday. Kathy: Fun pics right? They were taken at a Thanksgiving event at the school. Mom: You and the boys came out so great in the picture. Well, the boys always look perfect in...