Monique Marshall knew she had to do something for her mother after her stepfather passed away. Monique's mother, Karin, who is 84 years old, was living in her apartment in New York City 1 , about 2,500 miles away from Monique in Los Angeles.
Monique 2 she had to do something for her mother. 3 , Monique's husband, Demille, was all on board, willing to do anything to 4 Karin in her advanced age. That's when Monique and Demille brainstormed with their friends and neighbors, Pierre and Carmen, who happened to be 5 .
After much thought and planning, they 6 a solution of a "glam garage (豪华车库)". Monique and Demille decided to turn their old and drafty 7 into an apartment space for Karin. But as is always the case with any construction project, they encountered 8 . However, it was nothing too big that kept them from completing the 9 . And the results are 10 !
Karin is in love with her new living space and new city. When Karin first 11 into her glam garage apartment in Los Angeles, she couldn't 12 her eyes.
"It was overwhelming," said Karin. "I was so 13 . Monique had done all the furniture. I didn't have to do anything."
What a wonderful and 14 solution that came about because of love, care and 15 .
Jen is a 39-year old community dancer with Down's Syndrome(唐氏综合征). She is the founder of Dance Syndrome, a nonprofit organization that brings together 1 dancers and make them feel equal to everyone.
Dancing has always been in her veins. As a young girl, Jen seized every opportunity to dance with full 2 both in the morning and during her 10 minutes of 3 before bedtime. The dynamic workout would keep her 4 all day long.
Life hasn't been straightforward for Jen. She was 5 by a number of dance clubs in primary school and encountered numerous 6 while pursuing her passion for dance. Despite these challenges, her ambition to share her love for dance and 7 disabled individuals in the art grew stronger.
After leaving school at 18, Jen spent over 10 years searching 8 for opportunities to be trained as a dance leader. Eventually, she had to give up and decided to try her own way, not knowing where it might lead!
Despite the 9 , Dance Syndrome was established in 2009. Jen and her fellow disabled dance leaders took 10 of the charitable organization, working alongside non-disabled dance artists who helped them work more professionally.
Over the decade, Dance Syndrome has 11 thousands of disabled dancers, cultivating an environment where every person is recognized as equal, 12 and accepted for who they are. The year 2019 witnessed Jen 13 for the third time as a member of Shaw T rust's Disability Power 100. She is a living proof that 14 can come from unexpected places and that disabled individuals can 15 society in extraordinary ways.
When my grandmother was a teenager, her family moved to Transylvania. To make money, she began 1 in a bakery(面包店). For two or three years, she threw herself into 2 desserts and became an excellent baker. It was there that she met my grandfather, got 3 , and had two children: My mother and my uncle.
My grandparents treated us very well as kids, especially when it came to 4 . We often stayed with them on the weekends and as an excellent cook with a 5 tooth, my grandmother always made sure to serve dessert after every single meal. It became a 6 for her to make us a different dessert every Sunday. Of all the desserts, my sister Adriana and I 7 papanasi, a traditional Romanian dessert made of sweet cow cheese(奶酪),best.
After moving to Canada when I was a young girl, my family found it 8 to find a suitable cheese for the recipe (食谱)for papanasi. Back in Romania, there was always fresh cow cheese at the farmers market, and we could 9 buy this cheese. When I 10 my baking skills like my grandmother and finally found the 11 cheese, the recipe turned out just right. It was like I could see her clapping(鼓掌)and 12 in the room with me.
My grandmother passed away when I was 9. Over the years, baking has become my way of 13 her. Every time I make papanasi I 14 her.
Family recipes and the love within them are not limited to space and time. The years may pass, but through this recipe, we' ll always 15 each other.