It has been a busy 11 years and 7 months since my last post on this blog. I haven’t done a good job of updating my life, but this seems like as good as any other moments in the last 11+ years. So here goes…

It has been an interesting weekend for our family. I am both proud and sad at the same time as Suzanne, Allison and I dropped Katelyn off at UC Davis for her sophomore year. She will be sharing an off-campus apartment with her cousin. Since she spent the freshman year at home during the lock down in 2020, this feels like her first year. I looked forward and dread this moment at the same time. I also so wanted this moment for Katelyn too.

As a father, I can’t say enough of how much I am proud of my first born. She turned my world upside down ever since she greeted this world, 19 years ago. And no words are descriptive enough of my love for her. I figured bidding her farewell will make me a wreck, so I wrote her a short letter and hid it inside her suitcase, telling her what she means to me and that how our home will always be her home even as she finds her way to independence and true adulthood.

Good luck Katelyn, go find your passion and do what makes you happy. We are always here for you… Watch out world, here comes Katelyn S. Lam!

Above is a snapshot before we left Katelyn’s new apartment.

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