Tim and Olive's Blog

This is a preview of a guest post I wrote for my friend Daisy Go‘s blog: My Journey Into Motherhood.  Living life with an infant, I feel like I am learning afresh that love is often a discipline. The word “discipline” might come as a surprise to you.  But what I mean is that love is made up of all the little choices I make throughout the day.  Some of these choices are easy (like dropping everything to play with my smiling baby) but many times the choices require more effort. Read More

Somehow Jeremy Lin has captured the imagination of the sports world these two weeks. I see stories about him everywhere. My friends are posting about him on Facebook. The people I follow (like @jack_welch) are tweeting about him on Twitter. He is on the front page of ESPN, TSN, and newspapers (especially Asian ones). My friends went to watch him play live in Toronto on Tuesday. My dad forwarded me an email about him. A reporter from the Vancouver Sun called me yesterday to ask me why I had Linsanity (it was very timely, because I had just finished writing this article when he called). I even dreamed about him the other night.
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Marrying my wife Olive was one of the defining decisions I made in my twenties. This is the story of how it happened.

When I turned 23, I created a 5-year plan for my life. In year 3 I would travel for an extended time. In year 4 I would start dating someone seriously. By the end of year 5, I would be engaged. Things happened faster than I had planned. Four months before I turned 28 (the end of year 5), I was watching the beautiful Olive walk down the aisle to be married to me. This didn’t just happen. It was part of my plan. Mostly. Let me explain.
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[Finding My Voice is a series of blog posts on key decisions I made in my 20s.]

Defining decision: Travel while I was single

I heard it said once that the decade of one’s 20s was for personal and career exploration, one’s 30s for development, one’s 40s for establishment, one’s 50s as the prime years and one’s 60s and beyond were for passing on the wisdom to those who were younger. This made sense to me, so in my 20s, I took what opportunities I could to explore more of who I was. Part of this exploration included travelling.
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It’s been almost two months since Alena was born so I thought I’d write a little review of how the cloth diapering service from Happy Nappy is working out for us (initial introduction of the service can be found here). [Update: As of Feb 2013, in the Vancouver Lower Mainland, this diaper service company is now called Happy Baby Cheeks. There is no more Happy Nappy in Vancouver. Most of the below still applies but there have also been some changes. You can read the Happy Baby Cheeks review. We’ve also written a review for Toronto-based BabyDue Cloth Diaper Service, which we used during our 3 week visit to Toronto.] Read More

[Defining Decisions is a series of blog posts on the 20 life-shaping decisions I made in my 20s.]

This blog post is about the most important decision I have ever made and how it has defined my life. I decided the one thing I am willing to die for, and I am (and will) spend my life living for that one thing. This is the key to living a life with passion and purpose.
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A couple years ago, before I became a mother, I came across this passage about parents and children.  It was encouraging and visionary, and the idea of being hospitable to our children resonated with something deep in me.  At the time, even though I didn’t know when or if I’d become a parent, I took note of it and filed it away, thinking that it would probably come in handy sometime down the road.  I stumbled across it again while looking for something else this week.  And now I think it’s time to share it.
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“Learn all you can, so you can contribute all you can.” – Ron Goch

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
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We are part of an amazing small group from my church (Tenth Church). Every two months we serve the community. In November we put together 6 boxes for Operation Christmas Child. This month, the group decided to come to our place and serve our family.
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Wishing you all a blessed Year of the Dragon – from the three of us!
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