The Legacy of Amy S. P. Tang (continued)

A faithful wife and a loving mother

The last entry does not look complete without Nancy who was born in 1982
1981 - 1982

A trip to the Provo River was a fun experience for the children, especially for the boys.

I can throw far.

So Can I.

Let me try it out. Not bad for a beginner.

Amy loved spending time make fun birthday party for the children. She planned everyting in details.

The three legged race was the children's favorite.

For the birthday dinner, whoever's birthday could choose what s/he wanted to eat and she would do it for him/her.

As you look at this picture, you will see letter cards forming words on the wall. She took great effort to teach her children how to read and write. When Clarence was 2 years old, she read from the newspapers that many of the high school graduates could not fill out an application. She worried. So, she decided to give her children a head start by teaching them phonics in word construction. Because of her effort, everyone of her children knew how to read when they were 3 years old.

Clarence was old enough to cut his own birthday cake with her guiding at the side.

The Christmas tradition continued. Now a donkey (rocking horse) was added to the scene

and a shepherd while she read the Christmas story.

Children were happy to receive Christmas stockings from Santa on Christmas day.

"Wow! There are more stuff than I thought."

Jason said: "Christmas is a blast."

Michelle said: "I am pretty, so very pretty....." with her new bonnet on her head.

Clarence helped Jason play the hammer and screw set while Andrew was playing with the airplane.

Christmas always came with a great turkey dinner with different kinds of trimmings.

On the eve of New Year, her sister May and daughter Jolene came to Provo to visit from Winnipeg. Her brother and his family came too from the New York state. She welcomed them with open arms.

That was the first time the three Js met - Jolene Wong, John Chan, and Jason Tang.

We lived not too far from the Provo Temple. Often, we took a Sunday walk to the temple

and rested at the place where now MTC stands.

She patiently decorated the cake for Andrew. That is what he wanted - a school bus. He could blow his own candles without assistance.

But he still needed her hand to cut the cake.

Shortly there after was Michelle's birthday. Another cake was made - A nicely decorated cake with flowers. This is a mighty blow, Michelle.

She was very careful about children handling knife.

By now, we knew our stay in Provo would come to an end. Terry had a job offer back in Canada. Amy's confirmation had come to pass that everything would work out in the end - "the Lord will provide when the time comes"

Before we left Provo, she wanted to create Provo/BYU memories for the children.

She took them to the BYU married students housing map. She wanted her children to remember where they used to live when they were growing up. Clarence and Michelle pointed at our trailer on the map.

Amy was then 6 months pregnant with her fifth child.

In May, 1982, we left Utah and moved back to Canada

On August 14, 1982. Nancy was born three months after we moved back to our old house in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

She was the last bundle of joy for Amy.

We called her "Baby".