6/18/2023 0 Comments Sacrifire as an valueWithout established links in the Canadian business world and few contacts in China, she took on whatever came her way. ![]() Around that time, when Canada forged good relations with China, she took advantage and started an import-export business. She speaks with an accent and occasionally mixes up her sentence syntax - "Lawn the mow! Lawn the mow!" Back in the 1970s she was light years ahead. It's only then we realize the extent of what the word "sacrifice" means. Sure, we send flowers, cards, take them out for really expensive hotel buffets once a year, but we truly don't understand the value of their commitment until that first week when we cradle our own babies in our arms. Mothers are for the first two or three decades of our lives taken for granted. All along I thought it was me but now I know who the smart cookie really is. My teachers always looked forward to my mother's lunch invitations and it reflected in my grades. Being the 1970s and the suburbs, this was considered exotic. She had laid out the table with white poached chicken, stir-fried vegetables and the much-anticipated bowls of huntun noodles. My mother greeted everyone and led them to our dining room. I started to gag on the combination of new car smell and tobacco smoke, but luckily we turned into my driveway just before I was about to heave. She took out a Virginia Slims menthol cigarette, lit it up and proceeded to fill the Oldsmobile Cutlass with plumes of choking vapor. Miss Roach, my second-grade and least favorite teacher rode in the back. Mrs Kellet, my all-time favorite teacher, had let me ride shotgun. I'm happy we have a day to recognize the women who always put family first
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