by Emily Chang | May 31, 2021 | Family, The Spare Room, Workplace
We don’t know when, where, or whom. But we are always ready to meet our next Spare Room kid. In fact, when we search for a home, we always check to ensure the spare room will be comfortable, equipped to house anyone from baby to young adult. In our recent...
by Emily Chang | May 24, 2021 | Family, The Spare Room
In our sixth #taxichat, Laini asked us, “Which Spare Room kid impacted us the most?” Assuming we would all have the same answer, I suggested we answer on the count of three! Each of us had a different reason for the answer, but we all wholeheartedly...
by Emily Chang | May 17, 2021 | Family, The Spare Room
In my book, The Spare Room, I share stories of our family’s experiences with babies, children and the occasional young person in our spare room. Over the course of 20+ years, we have shared our home with sixteen people. In our family’s fifth #taxichat, we...
by Emily Chang | May 12, 2021 | Family
So the pygmy hedgehog’s tiny fabric tent was getting a little funky. It was time to build her a new abode. That’s why this weekend, I created a new little home for her. Finding an old box in the project room, I filled it with fleece material and scalloped the...
by Emily Chang | May 10, 2021 | Family, The Spare Room
In our fourth #taxichat, our family asked ourselves, “What was the biggest surprise from The Spare Room. When we opened our spare room to a number of babies and children (and one young adult), we inevitably found ourselves in new territory. We reflect on our...
by Emily Chang | May 3, 2021 | Family, The Spare Room
My book, The Spare Room, shares stories of my and other leaders’ social legacies. It also walks the reader step-by-step through defining your own social legacy. In fact, we have designed the book so that by the time you turn the last page, you will have...
