1. My mother is a difficult and hot-tempered woman. Instead of smiling and talking gently like the other aunts in the neighborhood, she often gets angry and complains about nothing. For example, I don't like taking naps so I always think of many "wonderful" plans (in my opinion) to be able to escape from sleeping at any time. Unfortunately, every time my mother doesn't catch me at the door, she will find me bareheaded in the midday sun catching grasshoppers and dragonflies. As a result, every time I catch her, she beats me.
Although I was a girl, my personality was no different from a real boy, so instead of following my mother around like the other "girls" in the neighborhood, I often invited the boys to race bicycles and compete to see who could climb trees faster. Yes, there were times when I won, making my "friends" dizzy, but most of the time I lost, my hands and feet were either bleeding or my clothes were covered in mud. And the end result was that my mother always dragged me home with "injuries" all over my body.
My mother never worried, gently blowing on my wound like the mothers in TV series, what I received was always painful whipping and deafening scolding. Once, I was so angry with my mother, I asked her if I was her biological daughter. She just looked at me calmly and replied: "I picked you up from the garbage dump! Eat quickly so I can clean up and go to work."
2. My father was often away from home, so my childhood was almost all about my mother and me. Every day was the same, my mother always woke me up every morning, made me clean up and eat breakfast in a sleepy state, then quickly drove me to school before going to work. Time passed quickly like the rotation of my mother's old bicycle, I just grew up. Seeing my mother struggling with nameless jobs, taking care of both sides of my family's work when my father was away, I felt so sorry for her.
So I started doing housework to share with my mother. Actually, cooking was not that difficult for me. After burning/burning a few pots of rice; boiling a few plates of vegetables; burning a few pots of meat, I was able to cook a delicious meal for my mother, although most of it was... boiled food.
The first time she ate a well-prepared meal that I cooked, my mother had tears in her eyes and softly said: "My daughter is really grown up". That was the rare time I saw my mother be gentle and affectionate towards me. Only later did I understand that my mother was not born to be a difficult person, just a bit strict at times. Because she loved me, every day my mother worked hard, just hoping to earn money to give me the best and fullest life. The older I get, the more I realize how valuable my mother's nagging and admonition when I was young are to me, because they helped me grow up, learn to live independently, and become a responsible person.
3. At the weekend, I rewarded myself with a ticket to see the currently popular movie produced by director Ly Hai: "Flip Side 7: A Wish". The movie tells the story of an old mother and her 5 children whom she loves very much. At the end of the movie, singer Bui Anh Tuan's voice made my tears flow non-stop: "From the day I was born until now, my mother has taken care of me without lacking anything. She gave me such a wonderful picture that I could not understand when I was young. Now that I am older, I draw my own picture...".
I watched the movie and thought about my mother. Over the years, that woman had to shoulder many difficulties and hardships in life almost all by herself. Although she often complained, I never heard her complain about her difficulties and hardships.
I grew up studying far from home, trying to pursue my own dreams and ambitions, so busy that I had no time to think about my mother. The phone calls became shorter and the times I came home became less frequent. Without me, without my father, my mother would sit alone at the dinner table.
The child who used to say that he would take care of his mother in the future, now only flies away to the distant horizon. I grew up innocently, accepting the good things that my mother gave me. I thought that all the good things I achieved today were 100% due to my own efforts, but unexpectedly, my mother voluntarily carried all the difficulties and hardships on her thin shoulders...
After the movie ended, I quickly got in the car and walked the familiar road back home. There, my mother must still be waiting for me every day. Perhaps like the lyrics of the song, I will go back to repaint, add color to my mother's picture, and mend her pain.
I wish time would stop, so I could stay by my mother's side forever. I stood at the same doorway where my mother used to catch me every time I skipped my nap to go out, looking at her thin figure, my lips moving to say "I love you so much, Mom" but I couldn't say it...
Truc Phuong
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