My cousin has a lemon tree and an orange tree in her backyard. This year for some reason, the two trees swapped in what would be normal sizes for their fruits. The oranges were small and the lemons were the size of large oranges if not small grapefruits! I have never seen such big lemons!In any case, the lemons did indeed make for delicious fresh squeezed lemonade which we enjoyed very much.
On Tet, Danny went out to pick some oranges which turned out to be sweet and juicy. Later when my aunt arrived, she said "What good luck! You are suppose to pick ripe fruit on new year's day and if it is sweet it means more luck. And because Danny didn't know this, this means MORE luck! Danny you bring us luck!"
That is the running theme: LUCK. It was interesting to be around this kind of belief: A little bit of God, a little bit of ancestor worship, a little bit of Virgin Mary and of course a little bit but hopefully a lotta bit of luck on Tet. It was all very Amy Tan.
For Danny and I, we walked a fine line of respectful blessing and thanking God, but joking that I was what brought the luck, because well....... I'm the Princess!
"Migrant" worker Danny
Danny got to pick, and I got to peel.
My cousin with Binky and BooBoo
I confess, I got attached to Binky andit made missing BamBam easier.
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