My Cindy

A couple weeks before Tết, I broke my little toe by simply tripping over and hitting it on the door. I needed immobilize the little toe by taping toes 3 – 4 -5 toe for 8 weeks, which also forced me to cancel my trip to Dalat for Tết. 

Because I am the one who looks after all the house stuff in my family, so now that walking is really hard for me, everything is in confusion. Suddenly everything is put on my daughter Cindy’s shoulders. Everything from taking to and picking up her younger sister Chou from school, to doing washing, hanging the washing, to all kitchen stuff. I feel so sorry for her, but I learnt more about her character from how she is so easily dealing with everything. 

• She is so caring.

As a mom I have the instinct of looking after my daughters and also everyone, so when Cindy rode me to hospital to have x-rays, I automatically did the hospital stuff by myself like I have done so many times before when I need to bring my daughters to hospital. Cindy immediately stopped me and said that: “Mom, you need to sit down and just wait for me to do all hospital procedure for you. Now you are the one who needs to be taken care of. I will look after you”. Oh, I always think that my daughter is still young and needs me to look after her like a child, but now she really has grown up. It seems like now we start exchanging roles.

• She is so considerate.

She ordered the water propelling device for keeping the bathroom floor always dry so I can easily walk in with the foot brace. 

When I went upstairs or downstairs, she said that I only needed to focus on the stairs and she would carry everything I wanted to bring with me. 

• She loves and takes care of me the way I love and care for her.

Now she is my personal rider (driver) whenever I need to go out, as well as taking responsibility to pick up her younger sister from school and extra classes. Even replacing me as the one who goes with her younger sister to the dentist each month for Chou’s appointment.

I am so proud of her and a little bit of myself as I was successful in raising her to be a good caring and considerate person like that. I wish her future to be brighter than mine and for her to live healthy and happily forever.