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Sep 16, 2021

7 stories

Love letters

The essays that follow my life as the wife of a military contractor. The life and the struggle.

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Afghan Fallout: Be Fruitful and Multiply- Diary of a Military Contractor’s Wife

We are nine days into September 2021. If I look at my calendar, I can see my sons have been in school for four weeks. The cool front has…

Sep 14, 2021

A.D. Herzel, Korean American Adoptee woman in front of a mirror in a white and blue Traditional Afghan dress, with gold embroidered trim.

Sep 14, 2021

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Diary of an American Military contractor’s wife circa 2020

I stand here folding laundry and the quiet of the house fills the space around me like fresh water in a fish tank. The water is not fresh…

Oct 29, 2020

Diary of an American Military contractor’s wife circa 2020

Oct 29, 2020

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Openings

The opening was at the PAFA ( The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) museum, circa 1993, I don’t recall the show, but it was my first…

Jul 22, 2019

Openings

Jul 22, 2019

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6/17/2019 Tales of a White Bronco

25 years ago, the O.J and the Ford White Bronco went on the run. It was a first date night, my boyfriend who later became my husband and I…

Jun 18, 2019

6/17/2019 Tales of a White Bronco

Jun 18, 2019

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Oh Christmas Tree & Covid-19

I have not taken the tree down yet. It is January 11, 2021 and my tree and all the trimmings still stand all lit. On the first of the year…

Jan 12, 2021

Oh Christmas Tree & Covid-19

Jan 12, 2021

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A great love story

In 1997 we were 29 and 34, living paycheck to paycheck. Neither of us had health benefits. In the previous 10 years I had only ever needed…

Feb 2, 2021

A great love story

Feb 2, 2021

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22 Days

“I am tired of holding up the sky.”

May 22, 2021

22 Days

May 22, 2021

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Pseudo Pompous

Artist, teacher, mother, wife, Korean American import; writer about all of the above when compelled. View my art at pseudopompous.com.

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