2023/8/29 Mother's Day
Thirty years ago, my mother learned about Mother's Day in the West through Hope magazine when she was a student.
When she was studying, her mother was financially constrained and could only spend one yuan to buy a carnation for her grandmother to express her maternal love for her grandmother.
The young mother felt very satisfied, and the grandmother, who had always been thrifty, always criticized her mother for spending money indiscriminately, and at the same time couldn't suppress her inner laughter.
At that time, my mother naively thought that flowers, especially carnations, could best express her love for her mother.
After getting married, the mother is down-to-earth and does her own thing in a favorite job, which seems to make her grandma happier.
After returning home, the mother cooks a few simple side dishes for her grandmother on Mother's Day, and the family has a reunion dinner together, which is the most common way to do it on Mother's Day; Even the one-dollar carnation is omitted.
At that time, my mother thought that putting down her work to accompany the elderly was an expression of her love for her mother.
In recent years, people seem to pay special attention to rituals, especially on Mother's Day, ordering expensive flowers, ordering Mother's Day cakes or sending holiday wishes for Mother's Day.
At this time, my grandmother was already over eighty years old, and her hearing was no longer as sensitive as when she was young, and she gradually began to decline. At this time, the words that my mother said to my grandmother often need to be repeated several times before my grandmother can hear my mother's voice.
Her gait was no longer as vigorous as before, her walking began to become a little shaky, and her grandmother began to feel uncomfortable often as she got older, and her mother always had to take the trouble to tell her to take medicine and drink water.
On Mother's Day the year before, a pot of green birds of paradise once again made grandma very excited, not only beautiful but also economical.
Grandma, who has been frugal for many years, can't tolerate any behavior of her children who are not thrifty no matter what.
Today is a very memorable Mother's Day, my mother did not prepare any special gifts, just bought a few potatoes, grandma's favorite melon, jelly and a few bananas at the market. These are everyday items that are usually needed, and they are also acceptable to thrifty grandma.
The kind and hard-working grandmother taught her mother, four aunts and three uncles when she was young that she had a clear conscience in life and work.
In this still cool May, in this May when even the air is filled with sweetness and fragrance, my mother chatted with my grandmother, read articles, and mopped the floor to do housework.
Mom helped Grandma look at the blooming or budding moon flowers on her mobile phone, and these activities that have nothing to do with romance make Grandma feel more down-to-earth and at ease when she spends the afternoon.
Now, my mother realizes that our peace, openness, and down-to-earth work are the greatest expectations of grandma and grandpa for my mother......
I remember reading a very enlightening sentence on a short video of Tik Tok in which book it was.
It was a little poem written by a very romantic poet - my mother's waist was bent, but she gave me a straight back.
Here, the author is very grateful to my mother.
It was she who nurtured me with her most simple love during the difficult years from '98 to '08. I am grateful to my mother, who upheld my grandmother's advocacy of non-waste and non-publicity, and quietly guarded me and my sister in this family.
In the future, if I get married, I will surely pass on the original ideas that my grandmother and mother have always maintained to my children. Because, this is a simple value that never goes out of style.
Thank you to this world, so that I can really feel what it means to be loved without fear in the days when I have my mother's care.
As always, I believe that mothers who have children in the world who are honored by their children celebrate Mother's Day every day.
Loving her, respecting her, and filial piety to her are the traditional virtues that we, as children, should always uphold.