Do you see the bunny on the moon?
Ah Ma asked nine-year-old me.
I looked at my paternal grandmothers faceshe was so beautiful at any age.
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In her sixties, her cheeks were blushed and her lips bright redher favorite lipstick from Clinique.
Her white hair, a lovely puff of clouds above her head.
I turned to gaze at the bright full moon above Montreals Chinatown.
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How does she breathe in space?
I asked Ah Ma.
Does she have a spacesuit?
Ah Ma chuckled and shook her head.
Shes a magical goddess, dear Ka Lay.
And goddesses dont need spacesuits on the moon.
Right before she floated away to the moon, she grabbed her pet bunny.
I looked at the piggy-shaped mooncake Ah Ma handed to me.
She had meticulously made it and a dozen others the night before with her arthritic hands.
The mooncake was shiny, and it looked so happy, a little too happy to be eaten.
I savored its richness as it melted in my mouth.
Can we light the candle?
I swung my lantern.
Ah Ma and ZeZe nodded, and ZeZe lit the lantern for me.
The lantern glowed softly in the night.
Over the decades, the company has not changed its metallic mooncake boxes with their signature lotus flower design.
Every year,Lady Mdesigns beautiful mooncake boxes that you’re free to buy online.
For those who need gluten-free mooncakes, many mochi-skin or snowy-skin mooncakes are out theretheyre like mochi ice cream.
My favorite is thedurian ones by Hong Kong MX.
Or it’s possible for you to easilymake your own with tapioca pearls.
