as i was listening to delilah on a local tampa, florida channel, i heard about this contest! its a joint contest sponsored by the tampa radio station and cabot cheese. how funny since tampa is my home and now im in nh/vt, the home of cabot cheese! they have seriously good cheese. no joke.
anyways... they are giving away a CRUISE VACATION for a "local celebrity." the cabot representative said that they want to reform the meaning of "celebrity." to cabot, a celebrity is someone who "whole heartedly gives their time to uplight, to heal, to protect and to challenge."
without even thinking.. the ONLY person who came straight to my mind was my own dear momma! i know we all love to rave about our mommas but mine is truly out of this world. things between us have not always been smooth, but in these past few months, our relationship has become so strong and my love and respect for her as grown exponentially. i am so lucky to have her in my life and so is our community!
she spends most of her time taking the best care of me, my younger brother, my younger sister and my father. i would definitely say thats a full time job but apart from that she finds time to be active in our community... i dont know how she manages. she is super woman! there is no other way!
first of all, she organizes and is the principal of the chinese school in the greater tampa bay area. if you have ever met chinese parents (hate to propagate steretypes but...), they are not easy to work with. she manages the school with grace and is such a fine face of our asian community to the greater community. i think we are lucky to have such a classy representative.
secondly, she is very active in the tennis community. my sister is an INTENSE athlete and my mother travels with her all over for competitions, getting private lessons, etc. and in these travels, my mom has befriended so many people. she offers her help and time selflessly to people shes only met a few times! there is quite a number of chinese families who have left everything in china to come to america to support and pursuit their child's career in tennis. most of the time, these families cannot speak english and my mom serves as their translator, but more than that, their advocate! anything from legal documents, to travel arrangements to schooling, she is there for them. sometimes she travels hours to be at their side for these important matters. i am simply amazed at her selflessness.
we're so obsessed with celebrity gossip... talking about who's cheating on who... who ODed on what... who forgot to wear panties. cmon! a celebrity is someone who is easily recognized in a society so let's talk about good people doing good things! my mom is exactly what a true celebrity should be like and im gonna do my best to let cabot and tampa radio know it!!
my momma is boss and i love her. thats all :)
this is a picture of my parents before a christmas celebration with the chinese community. i absolutely love this photo... it is so cute! my dad is the bomb too... but more about that later!!
oh medical school gods... please don't let me fail bacteriology tomorrow.
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