My mom
4/25/21 I like the sun and wind in Spring. I sit with fish rods, books, computer and picnic for a long long time, enjoying the peaceful and scenery nature, and … pretending I am at the beach, haha
Today is my mother’s birthday, so I called her. She was doing housework. She said “your dad is hanging out with his friends this weekend, so finally I can get the house clean” @#^~*#&@
During my growing-up and even now, my mom likes to give me so many instructions, but no worries, I have so many anti-instructions. So I ended up does not looking like her personality at all and does not looking like what she wanted either. For example, she wanted me to finish a local college, find a local easy job, and marry some old local man who can take care of me, lol. During college, whenever my mom called me on the dorm phone, I was talking so loud, and the entire hallway was hearing me. My classmates asked “who are you talking to?” “my mom” They opened their mouths big and did not close them for a while.
There are some adorable moments between me and my mom:
One time I was back in China visiting my family and hometown. At some point, I was cheerfully dancing in a very busy street. My mom quietly slowed down her steps and made sure to keep a big distance from me. When we arrived home, she told my dad “I hope nobody knows that I was her mother”, what a shame that her big and old daughter was dancing on a street, lol
My mom wants me to focus on my study, so she kept telling me to not make boyfriends even in college (I actually hang out with guys starting 3 or 4; sigh that she missed all these wonderful stories). However, after I came to US for graduate schools, her tone is suddenly changed, frequently she would say “do you have a boyfriend? don’t wait to get married too late” “why don’t you yet make a boyfriend?” “do you know my friend Lin her daughter recently just get married …” according to her logic, such business works that way “no boyfriend, no boyfriend,… suddenly, one day you want to get married, then you marry a good man” haha. One time, my friend was taking me out for shopping (no cars when I just arrived in US). I received a text from my mom and she is going to introduce an old man for me. I was panic and immediately turned to my friend, “hey, how about you be my boyfriend”. He said “oh no, I am having a crush on X” “shit, me too” (X is a handsome and tall guy in our graduate school), haha.
Last year, we were on a cruise. There was a stormy and raining day. I decided to go all the way up to the top of the deck to watch the thunderstorms. My mom said “oh, it is too dangerous, don’t go”. I was coming up stairs anyways. Then I found my mom was following me and holding my arm tight. “I thought you are very scared and asked me don’t go” “if you go, I will accompany you, even I am so scared”. Her voice was quivering. I read somewhere that one role of the parents is to give your child(ren) the power to face the challenges, mistreatment, unfairness that may exist throughout their life.
25. April 2021 by admin
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