Candlelight
繁 简 Eng I heard a story recently: “ After we had grown up, we were busy. Work load, family responsibilities, social life.... We had hectic schedule so that we hardly had time to spend with Pa and Ma. We rarely think of cherishing the time with them and we needed to seize this opportunity while we could. When our parents cared about us, we felt that they were long-winded. When we talked with them, sometimes we got impatient and were disrespectful towards them. However, they always looked nonchalant and forgave us for our bad manners. My father had been working in a Cantonese restaurant before retirement. As he needed to start working from dawn till night, he used to live in the dormitory of the restaurant and seldom stayed at home. I get four siblings. Our age differences are small. Ma was the only one who took care of us and did the chores. Pa and Ma toiled long and hard for us. However, my mother was optimistic and cheerful. She often smiled and seldom complained. We had