Hello! My name is Cindy. In 1995 while vacationing in Seaside Florida, a seed was planted that would be nurtured over the coming years and would finally bloom in 2015 with my diagnosis of stage 3 breast cancer. Concerns about preserving time and strengthening family connections occupied my thoughts and I sought for ways to make the days memorable. I began practicing mindfulness by celebrating the everyday moments of my life. Moments like putting on my eyebrows so I would look a little normal and using the good dishes everyday for our meals.

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One day I had an aha moment as I reached into my inherited grandmother's amber glass fish shaped candy dish to get pieces of Swedish Fish candy for my granddaughter. Moments from the past flashed across my mind of my grandmother doing the same thing for me when I was a child so many years earlier. I realized that that candy dish not only held candy but it held cherished memories as well and I was building those same kinds of memories with my grandchildren.

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With that experience Sugar Maple Trading Company took full form. Using a curated selection of new, vintage and handcrafted products my family and I are on a mission to help you practice the daily habit of celebration with the hope it will strengthen you and your family as your stressed is reduced and joyful memories are made. ​​