1. She makes homemade gyoza!
  2. She is a great writer.
  3. She is a phenomenal artist and has designed the cover art for my chapbook(s). See below. Isn’t that enough to make you swoon? Do you not want to immediately buy 10 copies??
  4. She promises to kick my butt until said chapbooks are DONE.
  5. She thinks my mom is a hoot.
  6. My mom likes her back. She’s Japanese-American. Nuff said.
  7. She has a snake (which has not yet arrived) which has younger daughter extremely excited.
  8. She is a historian, which makes my history-buff husband very happy.
  9. She is an INCREDIBLE cook and in the short time she has been here, has made homemade gyoza, homemade cornmeal crust pizza, homemade chicken soup. Which we have enjoyed very very very much.
  10. She is just plain great to be around.

Can you guess who it is?? Look here!

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