Family Firework Fail

Family Firework Fail

Family Firework Fail (full version) by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon A Surprise Invitation I lamented being stuck in the city, during Chinese New Year, until the family firework fail took place. Watch as I create a watercolour painting that helps tell the...

Memories of Chinese New Year

Memories of Chinese New Year (Malachi was back) by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon A Wonderful Visit Since my son, Malachi, came for a visit during Chinese New Year, we got to relive some memories!  Night after night the sky was filled with the explosion of...

Chinese New Year Near Disaster – Updated Version

Chinese New Year Near Disaster (updated version) by Charity Lee Jennings Join Us On Patreon A Surprise Invitation Brian held our bag of sparklers. We approached the massive boxes full of explosives, that must have been the equivalent of 5 months salary for the average...
A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2

A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2

A Hundred Good-Byes – Part 2 I was tucked away, beneath Bear Mountain, gaining strength.     The Lake House was the perfect place. People were few but the birds were plenty. We watched their migration over the lake, as they headed farther north than...
A Hundred Good-Byes

A Hundred Good-Byes

A Hundred Good-Byes The Canada we arrived to wasn’t one I recognized.     We entered an airport full of masked faces, forms to fill out, and for some of us, Covid tests and quarantine. Dad J waited outside in February cold, for the hours it took us to...

A Star-Filled Sky

A Star-Filled Sky I’ve told you the stories    I’ve told you the stories, how our oldest couldn’t renew his visa, how our boys left home, how we followed not long after. How our life was turned upside-down.  I’ve told of the sadness of saying good-bye. Of...