The importance of accompanying your loved ones through the years, translated…
The five grandmothers took Little Tapioca out playing all day long, they’d become, too tired out. And, the niece came over, before she took the young child home, she’d asked the young child, “What, do you say to your grandmothers?” Little Tapioca said very cleverly, “Thank you, grannies, for caring for me”, then, she’d bowed to us deeply, then, waved her little hand goodbye, and, sent us flying kisses. Since Little Tapioca started kindergarten, with the instructions of the school teachers, she’d become, more and more courteous, and, the grannies don’t pale by comparison to her, they’d all hollered, “Thank you, grandchild, for spending time with us!”, and, the weekend meetings between grandmothers and grandchild, ended with this courteous manner.
being a mentor to the younger generations, this not only benefits the younger generations, but also oneself too!!! Not my photo.
In order to help the five-year-old Little Tapioca gain that heart of gratitude, the nieces insisted on changing the phrases to, “Thank you for looking after me”, and every time we’d heard that sweet and soft childish voice sounding off, the grandmothers all felt very warm. And, helping to care for the grandchild, the caretakers are getting things in return as well, with her being there with us, we all had the chance, to review over childhood one more time, and it’d made our retirements even more colorful too. We were, very happy together, and each time, it’d always seemed way too short, and, if the grannies didn’t see the young child for a while, they’d all felt, really sad.
Accompaniment, is the BEST kind of gift of life, no matter for children or adults, but, we’d rarely, understood the importance of being there for someone at the moment. My fourth youngest sister’s only daughter was naturally timid since she was younger, and had needed someone to accompany her to the restrooms too, and, every now and then, her mother would get annoyed, and, this sort of a timid girl, after she graduated college, she’d, flown alone to Japan to further her own education and work. My fourth youngest sister worried that she would be in a foreign town, and not known anyone, and had, filed for early retirement, followed her over to Japan as she got her education. But, she was, sent back to Taiwan by her daughter. “Mom, you’d accompanied me for twenty years already, thank you, I can now, take care of myself.”, my fourth youngest sister, as she’d told us this, she’d felt a surge of emotions rushing inside of her. She told us she thought that her daughter had clung on to her too tightly before, that it’d, not given her any time of her own, and now, she’d, missed the times they’d gone strolling, shopping, gone to see the movies, to the coffee shops to drink coffees. And, by this way of thought, who, is accompanying whom? Who had, helped, resolved, whose loneliness?
adults who are there, every step of their young child’s aging processes, not my photograph here.
You’re not lonely, if someone is with you, “Every morning, I’d see you and the sun, and I know, that I’m, blessed.” I loved reading across this passage in the book. What if we’re not living high? What if we can’t find that roof to shelter us from the sun or the rain? So long as you’re there. Children will not stay young forever, and, parents can’t always be healthy and well, and, even if you loved your husband or wife so, they may not be there for you ‘til death, accompaniment is the most beautiful blessing there is from God, then, when you can still be there for each other, we all need to, show our gratitude toward one another in our lives.
This, is the feelings, of the need to cherish those we have around us, especially if and when you’re approaching midlife, you’d come to realize, that family IS the most important thing in your life, and, if you’d, lain the foundations well enough from earlier, than, you won’t have any troubles, but, if you hadn’t, it might be too late, because, these connections still don’t make, OR break overnight, it happens, through the long periods of time……………
Life, the Obstacle Course 