Wednesday, April 25, 2007

我有我有一個好媽媽

by Elaine


2007 年4 月24 日 雨天

今年紅色暴雨警告信號第一次生效的日子。丈夫還在回程飛機上,深夜才會到達。

下午1 時

媽媽致電關心外孫們上學的情況。

知道孫女不用上學但陪了我上班而孫仔則仍留在幼兒園後,她不想我要帶著女兒,
忙著上班,還要趕去接幼子放學。她 叫我專心照顧女兒 , 讓她代我去接兒子 。

5 時許

媽媽拖著三歲半的飛飛,打著傘,冒著風雨步行 15 分鐘到我家,未進門已說:「不好意思,遲了一點接飛飛。」( 其實一點也不遲。)

身上沾著雨水也沾著汗水的她剛坐下便著我去煮飯,並一邊在說:「接飛飛前,我煮了魚和雞,預備給你們作晚餐。我現在先回家,過一會兒拿來給你。」

椅子還未坐暖,她人已離開我家。這才明白原來她正趕緊為我張羅晚飯,所以她有「遲」的感覺。( 遲的不是她,是我—— 遲鈍﹗)

7 時許

電話鈴聲響起,是媽媽的聲音:「我還煲了湯,給你們盛一點好嗎?」我當然說好。「我現在過來。」

不消一會兒, 媽媽又打著傘 , 挽著兩個袋, 走進我家, 一袋有兩盒餸 , 另一袋有一個真空湯壺( 內有約一升湯及很多湯料) 。 ( 不是說一點的嗎?竟然是一大壺。) 我立刻幫她拿袋子 。 心中說:「嘩 , 很重呀﹗」心中想:「她是怎樣又打傘又拿這樣重的湯和餸的呢?」

內心很激動,媽媽已六十有七了 …… 覺得鼻頭有點酸 ,我還 未及開口, 媽媽已在說:「我要走了﹗」我說:「媽媽 , 你不留下和我們一同吃嗎?」「不了﹗我要回去等你的妹妹下班回家 , 與她一起吃。」我 只好送她離開 。

我很感動有這樣的一位媽媽 , 體恤我的疲倦 , 了解我的忙碌 , 主動替我安排晚飯的事 。

雖然她和我家步行距離只有十多分鐘 , 但大部份的路程也要打著傘 , 若不是出於愛 , 又怎會不厭其煩、冒著風雨 , 來來回回於兩家呢﹗怱怱忙忙的她還想著、趕著回家照顧另一個孩子啊﹗( 那孩子也已經年過三十了﹗)

中國人有句話:「養兒一百歲,長憂九十九 。」已為人母的我 今天想起這話 ,別有一番滋味。

我覺得幸福非常,因我仍是一個「有媽的孩子」。
我心中很感動,媽媽仍待我像小孩 ( 在她心中仍是小) ,照顧周到。

謝謝天父給我可以紅著眼、開懷地唱:「我有我有一個好媽媽…… 日日夜夜陪著我。」

2 comments:

personalfreedom said...

Dear my friends,

I am always thankful that God gives me a very special mom and helps me learn to love her after I have become a disciple. Today she did something very special that I see how blessed I am. And the blessing 'compels' me to write down her deeds and to share with you. Hope you could feel my joy.

Actually, I keep remembering Elizabeth, Miu Ying, Mrs Yu, Mrs Cheung (NTW) and many Golden Flowers in the whole church when I was writing. I remember how they serve many of us with Shanghai wan-ton, Dragon Festival dumplings, radish cake in Chinese New Year and do many many other things with no condition, day by day, years after years. All of them are our spiritual wonderful Moms. They are my examples and show me the way of being a mom.

Thanks God.

Love,
Elaine

personalfreedom said...

Dear Elaine,
Thanks for sharing.

You reminded me since the first day of my Xian life, Jane Chin reminded me to be faithful to my family time. I fixed a weekday as my family time. I enjoyed it very much. My mom made more dishes and prepared soup. I respected the time being with them and only started to make phone calls or do my things after they went to bed.

Half year ago when I packed my stuff, I picked up a "birthday card" from my father which was written more than 20 years ago. He drew a girl walking to a shining cross and wrote happy birthday and " God Bless You" on a white A4 sheet. I thought I was the only one among my 7 siblings who had the honor to receive a card from my dad. What impressed me most was that he's a very traditional Chinese and worships idols but he respects my belief and always trusts my decision.

Now I call my parents almost everyday and get updated about them. I will ask them out to yum-cha during holidays. Almost every Thu I will treat them lunch because their maid is in day off. Every birthday and father's day/mother's day, I write them a card and I always find things to appreciate them ( their characters, impact, integrity, virtues, things they did...) all through the years. It's not because they're perfect but because they are my parents, I know what they had gone through and how they made their best effort to be parents. (note: my relationship with my mom was very bad before I studied Bible. I was Not a good daughter. God definitely saved my relationship with my mom. Now my mom and me are very close.)

Being a daughter of aged parents, I treat everyday as their last day. Loving our parents is part of ministry. Loving them without violating the Bible is spiritual.

Love,

Siuling