MeiLin
/May-lin/ * (noun)​
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Origin: Cantonese Chinese
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1. A writer of board books, picture books, and novels for children with characters who share her life experiences and emotional truths and those with adventures she wishes she can have and difficult situations she is grateful to avoid in real life.
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2. A reader who reads past her bedtime and easily swoons over beautiful language, clever endings, plot twists, and layered characters.
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3. An urban gardener who regularly runs a fertility clinic for plants to assure harvests and works toward self-sufficiency.
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4. A friend to animals and insects except those that keep stealing her harvests without asking.
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5. A mold and soap maker who creates molds to make soaps that look like food or objects you never thought could be soaps.​​​
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6. A wife to a husband with opposite tastes in music and food and a mommy to two spunky little girls who serve as chairwomen of her schedule as well as personal story consultants.
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7. A name given by her grandfather that means beautiful lotus.
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