Now that I live in the same city as my parents, I have lots of opportunities to spend time with them. My mother and I go out to lunch and shop together. These activities were not part of the usual twice-yearly holiday visits and lend a new aspect to our relationship. I am getting to know her much better as a person instead of a mom. The best part of having a Korean mother living nearby is the FOOD! She always sends me home with tupperwares full of her homemade specialities like dumplings or medicinals. Above is a photo of a Gobo or Burdock Root. She slices it and either dries it for tea or marinates it to eat with rice. I love that she uses a pizza board to cut this ancient medicinal. That’s how we grew up-half Asian and half American. Burdock root is good for purifying the liver and balancing the hormones. Read more about it here.
Do you spend “fun” time with your mom? What do you do together? What activities do you do with your daughters outside of “mom” stuff? What kinds of traditional knowledge do you pass on/receive? If your mom isn’t nearby, do you have an elder to spend time with?
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