Well, this is basically the story of my beloved parents! 24th May 1970.....that was the
day they got married. How they ended up as husband and wife? It was dance. Yes, dance brought them together. Both of them loved dancing (ballroom dancing!) and if I'm not wrong, dad used to teach dance at mum's place. Mum wasn't his student. It was something like...uhm... dad used mum's house to teach dancing?! I guess mum must have quite a big hall in the house then. Anyway.... mum said that dad didn't give her a very good impression then and she couldn't remember how they fell in love....haha...just a secret she don't want to reveal qua *wink wink* It's funny how people got together huh...especially when one doesn't have good impression of the other. But I believe it was love that brought them together...love that surpasses the flaws and faults of one another. Dad isn't exactly a very romantic man. He doesn't shower mum with flowers and gifts. No Valentine's candle light dinner. Hey...but they do celebrate their anniversary - simple holiday out of Penang. They have been to Langkawi, Melaka....where else? Hmm.... Anyway, romantic or not, dad is definitely very loving...just that he expresses love in a different way.I remembered last Saturday, we went for dinner and shopping at Gurney. As usual dad ordered food for mum (well, dad is always the one ordering food for mum). Dad got her Claypot Chicken Rice....and it's amazing to see how dad served mum (stirring the rice....making sure that the rice, soya sauce, black sauce etc etc are evenly mixed) and off he went to order his own food. I looked at mum...and she smiled. Blessed woman! Not that she can't do it herself but both of us admit, mum is blessed to marry dad. I've seen most of my relatives, aunties and uncles whereby the wives were the one serving the husband. Typical Chinese men!
And then, every night without fail, dad will sort out mum's daily medicine (vits, supplements etc etc) and will remind her to take medicine. Believe me...without reminder, most of the time mum will forget. And dad will take her shopping almost every other day, knowing that that's one of mum's favorite past time. And dad will buy mum her favorite food...sometimes to the extend of going round the 'whole' Penang to get the best hokkien mee, char koay teow etc etc. And dad....dad is simply loving (not romantic) but practical!
Love is practical! Yes...LOVE is to be demonstrated through actions and not by mere words! That reminded me of how God demonstrated His love to us by sending His Son, Jesus Christ to die on the cross for us so that we may not perish/ die but have eternal life (paraphrase...John 3:16) And if love is practical, are we then ready to die for our loved ones? Are we ready to demonstrate that love? Maybe not to the extend of dying for our loved ones? Are we ready to go an extra mile, beyond our comfort zone to show love to those whom we profess to love? Maybe...this is a lil' something for us to think about?
Ok, back to my parents! Mum is a gem!!!!! She devoted her life to raise the family when she got married to dad. Some said she's very lucky, she didn't have to work at all. Well, she 'works' at home. She labors with love to bring the whole family together, making sure everything is in order, good food on the table....and love shared amongst each other! I thank God for bringing my parents together. For without my parents, there will be no us (sis, bro and I).
*** Oh yes, we celebrated the anniversary as a family. Dad said, it's more 'happening' that way (Cher and family, we miss you all a lot!) Guess where we celebrated? Gurney Drive! Mum wanted to eat her favorite 'sotong bakar'. Ohhh....it was truly a feasting time! Sotong bakar, fish 'n' chips, rojak, sharksfin soup, fried oyster, ais kacang, grilled squid, watermelon juice, soya bean etc! Total: RM61 (not too expensive for anniversary celebration huh?!)
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