Yo-Yo
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Doing good. I am just winding down for the evening and watching I Dream of Jeannie right now.
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Yo-Yo
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I love the older shows still. It is very nice to meet you as well.
Yo-Yo
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Oh Pink Biz that looks lovely. Thank you so much.
Yo-Yo
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SeaBreeze, what a beautiful bird. Thank you for the welcome.Hi Yo-Yo, nice to have you join us!
In The Sticks
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Welcome, Yo-Yo!!
Congratulations on following your dreams. I would imagine that a girl of 16 in Japan even these days would have a difficult time doing what you did, much less when you did it.
Your parents must have been very special to have helped.
Congratulations on following your dreams. I would imagine that a girl of 16 in Japan even these days would have a difficult time doing what you did, much less when you did it.
Your parents must have been very special to have helped.
MickaC
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@ Yo-Yo so nice to see you here. Hope you enjoy all that SF has to offer.
terry123
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Welcome from Houston, Texas!
treeguy64
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If you have a chance, I'd really like to see some pics of your favorite creations!
Lee
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Welcome Yo-Yo to the forum 
I can just imagine how difficult it was to make a new start at the tender age of 16.
Do you still have family in Japan or did they join you here?
I can just imagine how difficult it was to make a new start at the tender age of 16.Do you still have family in Japan or did they join you here?
Devi
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Gardenlover
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Welcome Yo-Yo, I hope you enjoy your time here!
Yo-Yo
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Good Morning everyone and Wow thank you all who have responded with all the wonderful new welcome messages that I have not yet gotten to. I will certainly post some of my favorite cake creations once I figure out how to post photos and all the jazz on here. I do have a very small amount of family still in Japan. My younger brother who was 2 years younger than myself just recently passed away in 2019. His wife and 2 two grown children still live in Japan. I also have 1 cousin who is a bit older than me living that lives there. That is it as far as I know. Like I said I never married or had any children so there are no relatives here in America. As for coming to America at the age of 16, I was at an early age a determined go-getter type of girl. You probably also have heard stories of back in the day of how Asian cultures(mostly China) looked upon girls back then well it was similar in Japan as well to an extent where girls were to learn from there mothers and then get married very young and be a wife. I didn't want that for myself so I was determined to make it on my own and my parents had there son so they let me go. It certainly wasn't easy, but I was determined and it worked. I thank my mother for giving me the baking knowledge and I thank my father for giving me the money to get started. The rest I did on my own as a 16 year old who was determined to succeed.
Yo-Yo
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Yes indeed.
