"Your dad is coming back on March right?"
She smiled awkwardly, shaking her head with the slightest motion
She didn't realize and asked again:
"March, right?"
There were three kids who stick together every time I see them. A year ago, two of them were shy, diffident and they just wouldn't talk to you. The way they communicate with you is through their stare, a cold blank stare they got in their eyes after questions were being asked and they would just walked away. Cool enough.
A year later (which is this year), the bigger sister started to respond to questions, well, not all of them. At least she tried and there's some changes from what I see. They changed from cool kids to kids that smile, kids that act like kids. They smile.
"Come, let me hug you", they are such small size that you can fit two of them in your arms and still having some space for them to move about (or is it me who is the big sized giant).
Their mom is a shy person as well, which then explains the inheritance of traits.
Their dad is away from home, went off to somewhere far to work and they wouldn't know when he will be back
"Where is your dad?"
"Working"
Parents work, and there is only one reason to it - pay debts and to make life better for their kids
Giving them a good education, pay to let them learn music, arts or even sports; satisfying their demands, buying happiness
They were too busy earning dollars that they have to sacrifice companionship
This is what they have to sacrifice, and that's what being chosen
It actually got me into a minor emotional shift when I overheard their conversation while having them in my arms.
"Your dad is coming back on March, right? You just need to wait for another 2 months right?"
She smiled awkwardly, shaking her head in the slightest motion
She didn't realize and asked again, "March, right?"
Her younger sister looked at her sister and asked, "When is March, jie jie (sister)?"
"I don't know"
"A-yi (aunt), I am going to eat cookies, let me go"
She smiled awkwardly with a cute chuckle, pushing my hands away
I opened my arms and they ran away like three little chicks finding for food
The younger sister following behind
When is dad coming back?
I don't know
For a father, he can sacrifice and put himself in risk to have a better life for their kids, even if it is illegal
Because loving your family, is legal
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