Comments for Almost Faye-mous 2.6

Comment on The 30 for 30 Remix Challenge by Fei

Fei — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:17:31 +0000

Definitely do the 30 for 30 challenge, Ayesha! It is SO much fun, and adds so much depth to your wardrobe, and makes you a better shopper. It is not my idea originally. I believe the credit goes to Kendi, whose style, wardrobe and ideas are far superior to mine. :)

Comment on The 30 for 30 Remix Challenge by Ayesha

Ayesha — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:25:40 +0000

I love your idea. Can I use it? At least I can make sure that I won’t wear the same outfit for every each week. Anyway, found ur blog from my bestie, Lyanne. Nice blog.. :)

Comment on The 30 for 30 Remix Challenge by chelsea

chelsea — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:04:05 +0000

Ok, so I just stayed up way too late perusing through your 30 day challenge….

1) YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS!
2) This is such a cute idea!
3) Please come give me a fashion makeover. You could save me, I know you could.

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Tory

Tory — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:26:31 +0000

Hey Fei, I’m a family friend of the Wyatts and I love to read your blogs!

As a newlywed, I was thrilled at the thought of our unconventional family: touring around the country with my husband and his band.. taking our children to rock shows and letting them grow up immersed in music and culture. We were going to be so awesome.
Then, I was pregnant and my personality flipped. I wanted a garden and insurance and a permanent address like you wouldn’t believe.
Here I am, living the conventional life as a stay at home mom and not as the brilliant, touring, scientist/rock wife I had assumed I’d be. And I won’t have it any other way. It’s worth it to me that my kids have cousins at their birthday parties. It’s worth it to have secure, grounded children with a community of people who care for and love them along with me.
I will finish my doctorate and pursue my professional goals. My husband will always have music in his life. But for this specific and incredible period of our lives, everything will be done for the sake of our children. If that means losing a little of our ‘cool’ in the process, I’m up for it. :)
Best of luck and keep writing,
Tory (Adams) Ebberts

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Jill

Jill — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:23:06 +0000

I’ve never felt the sense of wanderlust that other people experienced except briefly in my late teens and then just recently again. Even still, I want a HOME to come home to, always.

I can’t help but wonder if this new feeling towards home ownership is more of a sign of the underlying desire to start a family of your own.

Family is everything. It took me a long time to get enough distance and perspective (personally) to get to that realization, but once it’s there, it’s bone deep. Family is joy, and heartache, and growth, support, and love.

*hugs*

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Lindsay

Lindsay — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:21:22 +0000

If you make Utah your home, Kirk and I can visit whenever we go there to see my parents. :)

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Fei

Fei — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:13:27 +0000

John, DINK isn’t quite accurate. For now, it’s SINK. And it is just like the acronym sounds. But I suppose it’s better than IIMK – insufficient income, multiple kids. What we wouldn’t give to live in Hawaii again. But then again didn’t I just say something about wanting to be grown up? ;)

Steve, getting to be a part of your *large* family reunion/sealing/beach vacation over Thanksgiving last year was a real eye-opening experience for me. I don’t think I’d told you that. It was the first time I had observed first hand a large family get together like that, and I am so impressed by how close you are to each other and how often you make the effort to get together. That experience has been a big part of shaping my hopes and plans for our own family in the future.

Rebecca, I love keeping up with you and your life. You are probably the first person I think of when I look to someone who has a strong family network and a truly family oriented life.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Keilana’s birth. I always thought I’d prefer to be far away from family when we had our first child because I’ve foolishly wanted to avoid both sides of the family clambering to claim *our* child as their own (we are both the eldest in our family and our first child is likely to be the first grandchild on both sides). I have possessive tendencies.

The real yearning I have to have a child just to share with them is a hugely poignant emotional shift on my part. It really is more than the homesick talking here.

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Rebecca

Rebecca — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:43:56 +0000

I cherish independence. I love travel, seeing new places–more than that, I love showing my children new places. But having childre made me quickly realize that a gypsy life is not what I wanted for them. When I brought my first baby ” home”from the hospital and there were no cousins or grandparents or aunts and uncles to welcome her, it occurred to me that my little TVA apartment wasn’t home, and 3,000 miles was suddenly a much longer distance than it had been the preceding two years. There is much to be said for raising a family with a sense of place, with a reliable, consistent, close network of family and friends. I’ve come to treasure that more than I would have guessed.

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by Steve

Steve — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:17:06 +0000

Really beautiful Fei, you’ve inspired me with this post. Thank you

Comment on Family, isn’t it about time? by John Call

John Call — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:50:09 +0000

Chris, I should probably say that I sympathize with your recent past — but that’ wouldn’t be anything like me. Ha! You’re a DINK, dual-income-no-kids. Just move back to Hawaii, splash in the water at Pounders and sink any dreams of a career in the sun’s rays.

P.S. We still love you though. JJEA. John, Jen, Emily and Adam.