Mother's Day!

I do believe Mother’s Day was introduced into China from the USA, but once the Mother’s Day was introduced to the Chinese people, it has been so welcomed and popular. It is accepted by almost everyone whatever their age. Around Mother’s Day, people usually buy flowers as a gift or send some special things to their mom. It is a very emotional day for everyone.

As a daughter, of course, I usually say thanks to my dear mom and bless her health and happiness. As a mom, I always got a warm greeting from my son. He is a kind and bright boy and I am a careless mom, but he always reminds me not to forget this or that, safely drive and so on. The talking between my son and me is more relaxed than that between me and my mom. I suppose this is generation gap.

According to Chinese traditional thinking, parents contribute a lot in raising us, and in return for this, children should remember how hard their parents did for ever and stay with them as much as possible especially when they are getting old or sick. But nowadays, modern lifestyle made us stuck in a quick pace and strong competition, and we pay much more attention on our career than our parents; for some people they can only reunite with their parents once a year, so these people always feel guilty about this. It seems that they are not a good daughter or son. I have the same feeling, especially on Chinese traditional holiday, when I cannot be with my parents. These facts always make me feel frustrated.

Compared with Canadian families, no matter parent or their children, their lives are more independent than Chinese lives. All the members of a family have their own lives. They take care of each other, but their relationship is not as close as ours. Some Chinese people say the western family style is not as good as that of the Chinese family; they’d like to have a very close relationship with family members. But I prefer the western family style, because relationships that are too close make me feel more stressed, and it’s easy to cause contentions between parents and children.

I am both a daughter and a mom. As a daughter, I’ll try to do my best to be a good daughter, and as a mom, I’d like to tell my son, be a happy boy, and live your own life; You don’t owe me anything. Bringing up a child is not an easy job; you have given us so much irreplaceable pleasure, and these are our treasure memories for ever. On Mother’s Day, I want to speak out my ideal that is please keep our own space, and make ourselves feel happy and healthy; it’s the best way to take care of each other.