Erica-May Chan

Early reader. Late bloomer. Lurking and learning. She/her.

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@powerfulwizerd 4 long johns
A churro! donut
And eclair donut
2 chocolate cake donut

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@ashleyann_atx I needed to see for myself ‘how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop’. I think I counted somewhere between 1200 or 1300!

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@SoVeryBritish My Own Private Pancakes

[Josh Trebach, MD @jtrebach]

Having trouble sleeping? 😴 💤

Just remember my tips using the word SLEEP:

Slow your breathing and relax
Let yourself remember all ur failures
Embarrassing moments greatest hits
Existential crisis mode!!!!
Pee pee pee u have to pee don’t u

[Gretchen Ronnevik @garonnevik]

Quick story in which my mom teaches me about loving people.
When my big sister got married, they pulled away from the family a lot. In hindsight, she was the oldest daughter who did too much for all of us, and her husband helped her put down boundaries with us, and it was new and painful.

The first few years of their marriage they didn’t come to a lot of family functions. But they were sometimes there and my BIL was super polite, but also a big introvert. About 4 years into it, on Christmas Eve, when all of us were just grazing food in my mom’s kitchen, and talking about life as we often did on holidays, I looked over and saw BIL was sitting in a recliner in the other room, reading a book.

Annoyed, I went over to my mom, to tattle. (I was also a married adult at this time.) “Mom, do you see he’s just in the other room, reading? It’s Christmas Eve for goodness sake.”

My mom gasped and quietly peeked into the other room. “It worked!” She said.

“What worked?” I asked.

“He’s just so shy around us, and I’ve been brainstorming ways to help him relax when he’s at our house. So I found out who his favorite author was, and bought the newest book just published. I set it right by the recliner, hoping he’d feel comfortable enough to just pick it up and read it. I got him to relax over here! It worked!”

I was humbled. Astounded. Her goal wasn’t to get him to get with the program. Her goal wasn’t to assimilate him to what the rest of our family was doing. Her goal was to help him feel loved when he was with us.

I will never ever forget this lesson she taught me.

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

I kinda just wanna think about this for the rest of the day and not do anything else

[Nathan W Pyle @nathanwpyle]

ECTANO (explore, consume, take a nap on)

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@autismsupsoc ‘What Was That Like’ podcast ep 40: ‘Spence is a lighthouse keeper’, features a man who lives and works in a lighthouse. It’s fascinating.

[teryn @youngtiddy]

myrrh? i hardly nyrrh

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@ashleyann_atx YES. Very much so! I had this realization recently.

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@amandawtwong Goddess Chic! You look stunning!

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@JaniceMit79706 My deepest condolences. I’m so sorry you lost your son 💔

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@amandawtwong Oh shit I thought you were an only child (!!)

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@CareyPhoto How traumatic and devastating. I’m so incredibly sorry for your loss. My heart goes out to you.

[amelia elizalde @ameliaelizalde]

"giddy up jinglehorse pick up your feet" would devastate me

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@amandawtwong @HallisB *felt she should’ve been 1st Wife. (I’m just speculating 🤔)

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@amandawtwong @HallisB 🤚🏼 I am a descendant of a concubine, I guess? Hah I’ve never uttered those words aloud before. Sadly I think my grandmother assumed she was 1st Wife or something because she held onto that spite, anger, and bitterness until the end of his life and then hers decades later.

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@ashleyann_atx

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@PicturesFoIder Great delivery. Definitely satire! “5 *short* hours”, emphasis on amount of “pigs in a blanket”. Plus literally a cue card(?) in the bg that says ‘Welcome to the tonight show! I’m your host Jimmy Fallon. (Wednesday)’

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

@shockproofbeats Ahoy, I see we spek the sam larnguage

[Erica-May Chan @morsecodebird]

What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

“Doooorothyy Gaaaaaaaaaaale”