Cappuccino Thoughts 63: On Traveling Solo

What I've learned by being on my own + reading Pachinko

Shibuya, Tokyo

My mom has said one of the things she is proudest of as a parent is letting “Claire be Claire.”  In a conversation recently, she told me how hard it was for her to see me refuse to join any sports teams (in one famous incident, I quit the kindergarten soccer team….that my mom was coaching. The only thing I remember enjoying about the exper…