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Happy Valentine's Day!!I have been thinking a LOT about love lately, call me mushy, romantic or crazy, but oh! it's been fun!!I've been thinking about how my maternal grandparents met, how Grandfather Wong took the train up to Yale to court my Grandmother Mabel, and how the chaperone would travel with them for their " date ".My Mother & Aunt had heritage bricks made in my Grandparents names for the Train Roundhouse in Vancouver to commemorate their love story.I pulled out a beautiful jade pendant & necklace that I inherited from my Aunt Pearl after her passing. Big Uncle Knud, my...

I ALWAYS love celebrating Chinese New Year's ~Somehow no matter how hard I try, I am not all sorted by the Georgian Calender end of the year December 31st each year 🤷🏻‍♀️Celebrating Chinese New Years always gives me an extra 5-6 weeks to get ready to restart my engines afresh without any guilt.Oh, my year starts at Chinese New Years 🧧when I get Red envelopes, eat long noodles and plan for a prosperous new year!This Year of the Pig is no different, and as I hustled to complete ALL that I promised myself, I was grateful for the extra few weeks...

As many of you have seen me talking about, I turned the BIG 6-0 this year ~My whole 59th year was like a  living life review... pondering what I was proud of, what I celebrated, what I was ready to let go of ~And turning 60 was FABULOUS!!I could NEVER have predicted how darn happy I might FEEL upon turning 60 and celebrating it every step of the way.Did I make New Years Resolutions in 2018? You betcha!Did I accomplish them ALL? Nope? Did I drag my arse in 4th Q to make up for lost time? You betcha!And honestly, consistently showing up and doing...

Today is Monday and  I am sitting at home thinking about my skating accident that happened 42 years ago, knowing that I have been blessed.  Crazy that so much time has passed by and when I reflect on all the turning points in my life, especially this one, I truly know that in tragedy there can be hidden gifts. I learned so much at a young age about discipline, passion, dedication to craft.  There was joy on the ice, hopes, and dreams. There was a community at the rink, the dance classes, in playing at the club with all my friends. We were rosy-cheeked,...

It's December & we are ALL in full-on Holiday Spirit ~ I recently attended a fabulous Pot-Luck Party at my friend's Housewarming party, I hosted an 8 person dinner party supper, bought some lovely prepared foods to ease the work of drop-in party-goers and promptly gave myself a light case of hives. Ow, itchy, scratchy sore tiny bumps on my usually pristine skin. Hmm, wonder what whats all about!  My father used to say, Cyd! not too much " Banquet Food " you'll get " nit-hay ", that was his Taishan Chinese dialect for a canker sore from eating too many rich foods. These fancy...