My dearest grand mom!

My grandparents has been living with my families since I was born because my father is the eldest son and happily willing to take the full responsibility of taking care of them, which in my mind is the greatest thing that one could have accomplished as a son or daughter. My grandfather passed away when I was in junior high, but fortunately our dear grand mom is still being with us happily and healthily. She was the master of being healthy, and took care of herself very well. She read a lot of health-related books, and especially admired a Chinese Japanese, Doctor Chung. I still remember when my sister and I were young, she always said "Doc. Chung says...." which was pretty annoying for us at that time! And, we are very grateful that she was taking care of herself so well. There is an ancient Chinese saying, "Parents' health is children's fortune".


This picture was taken around three years ago when I was still in the military. I couldn't remember where I took her to, but I could clearly recall that this was taken when we were waiting for the shuttle bus. Grand mom used to like to bring us some snacks or some food (such as stinky tofu) that was used to be forbidden by my father. My sister and I loved that! My grand mom respected my father's opinions on which children should eat and which shouldn't, but sometimes when she was back to home, the surprises usually came along with her. We guessed maybe she also loved those "forbidden" food, too!! So, when we were waiting for the bus, I went to buy us some snacks although they were not forbidden by anybody, I just wanna buy her some sweet, and I know she loves sweet! While we were eating, she kept asking about do I have some for myself for at least five times! Yes, this is my grand mom! Always care about us, and she is our beloved grand mom!!


Two years ago, there's a sudden change for grand mom's health. Due to some misunderstanding, there were a couple of police officers knocked at our door, which put a serious shock on my grand mom and led to some change in her brain later on. In order to control those symptoms, doctor described some medication for her, which also brought a severe side effect to her and resulted in her lost of mobility. Last spring, before I went back in the summer, her condition was so bad that we never thought that one day she would get her health back again. However, the miracle, which is the only word able to describe this change, happened!

One week before my sister and I went back, doctor changed her description. Since then, she was more and more alerted day by day. I stayed at home for only three weeks; however, I saw a dramatically change happened on her body. In the morning that I left, she even could walk a bit with a little helps from others. After I was back to U.S., I heard from my parents that grand mom is getting better and better. Now, thanks for the never-give-up endeavors of her son and daughter in law, my greatest parents, she could walk for almost 100 meters already and is improving every single day. Even her doctor is amazed by her comeback at the age she has. Now, she is singing every day, having a great time with my parents. She is my cutest grand mom!!