Describe a typical day for you: I wake up around 6:30am. My husband and I help to get our boys ready and to their school bus stop, and then I work until early afternoon. Depending on the projects I’m working on, I might be doing a lot of design work on the computer, and other days I might have more analog work, where I am crafting and making things with my hands. My favorite part of the day is when my boys get home. I love whatever nuggets from the day they’ll share with me. After dinner, we’re all in the living room together — there is a record playing, messy art being made, homework being finished and a work email being sent, Wordle and Spelling Bee on my phone to play together, and reading and talking on the sofa until the kids go to bed. My husband and I tackle chores and some more work and then relax together.

Name a book that you read recently and loved: I know I’m a grown-up, but children’s books are the most inspiring. I have so much appreciation for the storytelling that happens in picture books, through the economy of words and the clever, beautiful imagery. I just read this book — I am the Subway by Kim Hyo-eun — to my children and was moved by the story, which looks into different passengers’ lives as told by a subway train in Korea. I loved it because I take the NYC subway all the time and always wonder what stories are behind the faces sitting across from me, riding the train. Two other books that I reread recently are Things to Look Forward To by Sophie Blackall and The Power of Moments by Chip and Dan Heath. Both books touch on the theme of noticing and creating meaningful moments of joy, for others and for oneself.

Favorite snack: Iced coffee!
Favorite color combination: Brown with a neon orangey-red

What is your most treasured possession? I don’t get too sentimental and attached to objects. But what I cherish the most are all the collection of special cards and notes our family has made and written for each other. I have a box full of letters and cards that my husband has given to me over the many years we’ve known each other (he writes such beautiful notes and knows this is the only thing I
want on any given special occasion). Also in that box are handmade books and notes my boys have made for each other, little notes for and from the kids, and my favorite drawings the children made for us.