I am so excited to be on this journey to celebrate and experience 'The Year of the Dragon'. It seems that no matter where I go, my eyes are watching for Dragon items and I am constantly finding myself investigating Dragons and Chinese culture.
A couple weeks ago I had gone into a Starbucks to satisfy my caffiene habit, and noticed that they had a Chinese New Year coffee card availalbe. Sweet! Delighted with this treasure hunt find, I bought three... one each for my husband and I, and one for my mom.
I have my mother to thank for my interest in Chinese New Year. We are neither Chinese or follow the Astrological signs of the Chinese calendar, however, when my mom worked in an elementary school years ago, she would enjoy the various traditional cultural celebrations that the kids were studying in class. Teacher's often brought her a themed cookie or placed a card on her desk to get her into the spirit of the study / culture. And, each year, this prompted her to phone me and yell, "Gon Hei Fat Choi", and in the years since, we've wished each other a Happy Chinese New Year. So, this year, when I came across these Starbucks cards, it was a must to send one off to her in the mail. I tucked it into the card (above) and mailed it off with a Dragon stamp that Canada Post had out this year. I did not care that there were only International Dragon stamps and that I overpaid to send the card within my own province as it was more important to stay in the Dragon theme. As I suspected, my mom loved the gesture and noticed each Dragon piece within the card.
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