summertime
the school year is over and summer is almost here. i remember every summer since i was little was a happy time for our family because my dad and mom and me always spent time together, no matter where we all lived. we were lucky enough that my dad and mom could take time over the summer to visit me, and i was usually in school, so i could spend time with them.
if i couldn't go to taiwan for the summer, my parents would always come to whereever i happened to be for the summer (NY or SF) to visit me. it was so nice to all be together again. i miss my dad exploring whereever i was and telling me about places and restaurants that even i didn't know about! and he loved to swim too. i loved the image of him coming back from the pool with his towel - he looked so relaxed and happy.
i also miss his advice - he always loved giving me advice about work, school, relationships, everything. and now that i look back to the things he told me, i see that he is often very wise. i like to think that i took all his advice over the years to heart, and that's what has made me become the person i now am. i hope he is proud of that.
i hope dadi is having a good summer up in heaven too. maybe it is always summer for him in heaven, if that is his favorite time. :)
if i couldn't go to taiwan for the summer, my parents would always come to whereever i happened to be for the summer (NY or SF) to visit me. it was so nice to all be together again. i miss my dad exploring whereever i was and telling me about places and restaurants that even i didn't know about! and he loved to swim too. i loved the image of him coming back from the pool with his towel - he looked so relaxed and happy.
i also miss his advice - he always loved giving me advice about work, school, relationships, everything. and now that i look back to the things he told me, i see that he is often very wise. i like to think that i took all his advice over the years to heart, and that's what has made me become the person i now am. i hope he is proud of that.
i hope dadi is having a good summer up in heaven too. maybe it is always summer for him in heaven, if that is his favorite time. :)
posted by abusygirl | 8:08 PM
3 Comments:
Ya! summer time again, I had better to fix my A/C since this year I will leave for USA much later. We used to leave earlier for USA, Dadi loved to go to dialysis place that you arranged for him and see all of you in USA. I just heard from I-Hsien that NYC is hot and they are moving to Forest Hills with Yor-Yu: this reminds me about that picture taken in NYC China town in 2005 summer, Dadi and me with all the students(I-Hsien,Yor-Yu, Hsin-I, Sheng-Chih and his girl friend, Howard was there too because he presented paper in CA and Italy where Dadi went too.) in NYC surrounding chines dinner table. I still have that picture print in our living room where dadi loved to watch TV and sing KaraOk.
For a long time after HB's leaving, It was hard for me to watch TV or sing KaraOk, because I was so easily touched by the memories that Dadi loved to do both things especially in our living room. Now after one and half year, maybe I am better? Not too long ago seven aunti Lydia came to Taiwan to sing in KTV, she made everyone excited and laughed-it seems I am better. Dadi should be like Lydia that enjoys singing and all other activities in heaven.
That summer in NYC Dadi met with those above-mentioned 5 students who had been all helping dadi a lot and dadi loved them too (as you mentioned about his way of showing affections/loves), especially Howard who helps a lot and we all treat him like our own kid. I never forget even in the last moment before HB's leave, HB held Howard talking to him before the heart became flat line. And then Howard was trying so hard to get you in HB's emergency time( I was so shocked and did not know how to get you by using my cell pone that time: that was one of many things I used to rely on Dadi. After HB pass away, I realize that I have to learn so many things Dadi used to do for me.I am still learning-I do not know how long. If I have question, at least I can ask him on every sunday's pray with the white candles lighted.)
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