A mother’s worries, translated…
I’d worried, that my son will turn into a leech one day.
I’d returned home to the south on the holiday weekend to spend time with my siblings, and we’d started chatting on various subjects, and, the topic of our chat returned back to my son. My younger brother told me, “Sis, the kid just got out of the armed services, you shouldn’t press him about a job.”, but my younger sister interjected, “But he lives in with mom, and I can’t even ask him when he is to return to Taipei, I don’t want him to feel that I’m chasing him out or anything.”, my youngest sister also said, “I’d not dared mentioned anything in relation to the future to him either, I’d even gone to the school I worked, and asked my counseling coworker on how to handle this.”
interviewing for a government job opening, not my photo.
Turns out, that my son’s uncles and aunts share the same doubts as I do, it’s just, that my son is still helping to set up the new house that his grandmother bought, and, we’d not said anything at all, and we’d thought, that after things are settled here, and if he still squatted here, we’d needed to send a representative to remind him. And, autumn had, arrived, and, the year’s almost up, I’d become worried, and called up my son’s classmates, and find things out about him. And, I’d asked my son about it too, he’d felt I was too much of a nag, and asked, “What is UP with you?”
I’d blurted out, “I want to know when you’re going to find a job!”, he’d had that settled look on his face, and answered, “After I’d spent ALL my savings, I shall start working then, I’d just gotten the notices that I’d passed the higher exams.”, I’d gotten so ecstatic after I heard, I’d confirmed it with him, and, my son LINED me the list of people who’d passed the exams, and all of a sudden, this huge rock that was crushing down on my chest broke all of a sudden, he’d not found just a job, but it was, a job that’s set for life too!
I’d called up my younger siblings, and everybody let out a sigh of relief too, and this good news became my biggest present for my sixtieth birthday.
not my poster…
This just shows, how STUPID parents are, in worrying about their children’s futures, and, just because we don’t look like we’re doing ANYTHING meaningful, that still doesn’t MEAN, that we’re NOT doing ANYTHING meaningful with our lives, so, parents, STOP bugging the HELL out of us, your children, as WE got everything figured out already, and, you, stupid parents are the ones still in the DARK!!!
Life, the Obstacle Course 