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My grandfather lives still, as wisps and whispers and memories of a laugh long gone. No matter where he is, no matter where he goes, he always, always returns home.

So, below is a list of activities you can do with your family this summer to get out of the house while spending time together, right here in the Bay Area!

From this simple reconnection to Korean culture, I caught a glimpse of what could’ve been if I hadn’t run away.

How is it that we trust the abyss of postage to cradle our heaviest words in paper-thin packaging?

every birthmark, every inexplicable habit — love notes from my lineage.

If you could see them everyday / if they could see you everyday / they would see

Instead of peacefully living out their final days in the comfort of their homes with their loved ones, they’re made to die in an unfamiliar place, tended to by people who — though perhaps professional and compassionate — are strangers. 

But while all men aren’t “bad,” they all have inherited a society which severely needs to reconsider what it means to be a boy, and more crucially, what it means to be human.

"A joke given by life will always be funny; therefore, those who don’t laugh at it are either too proud or too stupid."

When you disappear, none of us notice until you’re gone. Turning the corner, we make a left and descend the stairs to the parking lot. It’s littered with vehicles, waste and gum on the concrete. Someone is screaming, I don’t know who. Maybe we’re all screaming all at once.