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August 17, 2018 Catherine Cheng Stahl

No pressure at all--- I mean, this is only my very first blog post ever, and it will be visible to anyone who visits this site. No stress, just write. These are the thoughts that are going through my head as I write this first entry on my personal blog….

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A final graduation photo with the family and a few moments from the hooding on stage with my dissertation advisor Dr Haeny Yoon! Niki was so ready to leave after a very long day—understandable! We had a shared moment on stage that was… l
Having done so much writing in the past few months, I’m really struggling with this caption! So simply put: I feel so grateful and relieved to have “made it” through the most challenging academic pursuit I’ve taken on so far.
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I feel like a whole new person here in Croatia! Probably a combination of Mediterranean sunshine, uninterrupted night sleep, a REAL break from being a grad student, not living in leggings and slouchy shirts! Finally making time for a vacation and we
Hello hello! 🙋🏻‍♀️ I’m surfacing again after what appears to be a 7-month hibernation period. Though truthfully, I’ve done everything other than hibernate. The months after Niki’s birth have been the most trying—physical
There is actual light at the end of the tunnel. Joyful light! I took this photo Tuesday morning, my last day of assembling my lit review on the table, having my version of a “dinner table conversation” with scholars. Later that afternoon,
It has been a couple weeks since my previous share. I honestly don’t know where time is going. When October started, I said I’d stroll the South End and take lots of fall photos. It’s now November and I pretty much forgot about Hall
So I think it’s time that I share an update, after many many weeks of keeping to myself and moving through life acting as though life hasn’t really changed for me 😝. I don’t often post photos of myself, did not grow up as part of t
August is a month of many birthdays for many members of my extended family—my mom, sister, cousin, mother-in-law, Max’s godson (his brother’s kid)... In my memory, birthdays were never such a big event in childhood. Sure, I had my f
My monstera has been the star of my IG for much of this summer, and deservedly so—she’s gone through a lot, beginning with a stressful move. Maybe it’s a COVID thing but I’ve found myself really enjoying just being indoors, wi
Hello everyone! Every once couple of months I post a rare photo of myself (I have so few) to put a face to my voice in an attempt to humanize my writing. I thought I’d pop in again now since it has been 1.5 months since my husband Max and I mov
This weekend came and went with the snap of a finger. Max and I watched the Euro cup 2020 final and took a stroll through the neighborhood before it started raining again. Yesterday, we walked to the North End of Boston, which is basically “lit
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