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As the Lunar New Year coincides with Gramma's birthday this year, the celebration would have been a much-anticipated feast.
Just a foretaste of our Banquet to come, at which we'll feast with laughter, though all hunger has been banished––sated forever.
Yesterday, we feasted.
Tomorrow, we'll feast again.
Happy birthday, Gram. Love and miss you so very much. It's any Asian Grandma's job to preside over the kitchen for the big events––you're gone now, but I'm learning to run with your torch, your love of lavish feasting, for any/all Family, with delicious and serious fooding. Yesterday in your honor, I threw a dinner party for 7 kids and 14 adults. We made 220 of 4 types of dumplings, 2 types of Asian greens, 2 types of 湯圓, 壽桃... We had peanut candy, tangerines, and red envelopes. I'm so glad you shared all those things with me.
Our 春聯 were 仁愛,喜樂,和平,忍耐,恩慈,良善,信實,溫柔,節制 because these are the fruits of Springtime, the gifts of Easter's renewal, the marks of the true flourishing we desire.
So much of me is made of what I learned from you, you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart.
Gram passed away Aug 2014 but is fondly remembered with gratitude and joy.
I wonder what banquet lies before her now.
Happy Birthday, 阿嬤!
Happy New Year.
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