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Ling-I's spaceJune 15 A piece of notes and a courageous grandma Few weeks ago I post a request to MSUTSA at www.mostlyu.com/msutsa/index.php/topic,691.0.html to ask if someone is coming back from Taipei to Lansing on July 22nd. Maybe my mom can go with because she doesn't speaks English and she needs someone's help. I also affraid she gets lost. This morning I got a reply from a menber. She also put a story on her reply. www.wretch.cc/blog/clairehsiao&article_id=9736795
When I read this article I was crying and shaking. The story touchs my heart so deeply because my mother is the same as the character who is coming to helpe me after I giving birth. You may not know where is Lansing. To come here from kaoshoung needs to take bus or drive to Teipei airport then fly to Osaka, Japan then change another fly to Detroit, Michigan then go through custom then get luggages and check in the luggages then fly another plane to Lansing. It will take more then 24 hours for the trip.
My mother will come alone on this trip. She is not coming for vacation, she is coming for helping. A 60 years old woman with the cervix cancer surgery few years ago and cannot walk very well who is coming for me - her only daughter. one hand I'm very grateful what she does for me the other hand do i ever do anything for her. The answer is NO. I'm the unfilial daughter. Every time I call her always ask her to do these to do those. I feel so sorry for her.
I will be a mother soon. I don't know how much can I do for my child. May be only 1% of what does my mom do. April 22 Baby wants to come the world ? We had a very nice dinner on Sturday night at Stephen's colleauge house but the dinner took for 5 more hours. It is very difficult for me to sit on the chair use the same pose for long. After 4 hours my waist, belly and back are getting hurts and sore but we still have 3 courses meal not came yet , plus Stephen was very excited to talk with every body. I felt my belly was getting hard and hurdts come and out. I tried to lay on a sofa for while and sometimes walk a little but it won't get better.
At around midnight I even cound not sit up. I told to Stephen I must go. We left at the house right away but it is so difficlt for me to walk to the car. On te way to go home my belly was getting worse. I was crying and screaming. I cannot go home, i need to go to ER. It rook forever to go to Sparrow Hospital. Stephen push me into hospital, nurse thought I'm going to have labor so I could not stay in ER. I needed to go to the other way of building where the labor and delivery center. Oh my god that will be another long walk.
Anyhow we got there and I had lots of checking, injecting CV, baby's heartbeat checking. I saw my boy through the ultrasound he still kicking a lot. I felt much better. only thing is he is fine inside then I'm not worry about others. Few hours later after I went to the restroom my tummy was getting better. I had everything all right and notthing wrong. Stephen and I were so tird. I hope the onlt thing is something I ate was not fresh. we left the hospital around 4 AM. Our car was still in front of ER. November 14 Afternoon Delight When I came back from school Shtephen also need a break from the work. We usually like to take nap in the afternoon. It was long time ago when we were in Chicago. After we went to Santa Barbara we didn't have time to take nap because we usually gone for whole day. Now I'm not working also Stephen only to go to school for two days a week. So we take nap as we did in Chicago.
Afternoon is very good timing for us. Not only take nap but also talk. This is the most relaxed time in a day. Because Stephen is a morning worker, he goes to sleep early ,gets up early and study right after. But I'm different then he is.
This kind of cold late autumn afternoon really remind me the first year in Chicago. It is so quiet seems only hear our breath. November 06 Stay or leave Earlier today I talk to a friend about stay or leave in America. She is so indecisive that she doesn't know how to do. For many of friends who I meet. They had hard time to dicide to stay or to leave. Many of them must to leave because cannot fine any supporter for immigrant.
I chose to stay because I chose to stay with somebody not because I wanted to stay in the U.S. Several years past, friends use different ways to stay here. Sometimes I think why so mamy people want to leave their own country to immigrate to the new world. It is so different then me. I never fell I'm an American like evey one in here. People ask me where are you come from? I usualluy say Chicago or Santa Barbara. I try to fit into them but it still difficult for me.
Although I miss my family in Taiwan but I don't like to go back there. I fell I'm not a Taiwnese when I was there. People think I 'm a non-native. And I sick of the place the people and the political. I love Taiwan so I don't like what ever Taiwanese politicians do.
For seven years past, If I can choose again. I would stay in Taiwan and never come to the States.I wish it never happend. |
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