Today is my birthday. Usually I don't tell people about my birthday nor do I celebrate it really, but something happened today that caught me off guard and truly touched my heart. Every year my parents spend a bit of money buying nice birthday cards for all of us children, their own plus the in-laws and give us red envelopes. I always tell them that they don't need to do that since we are adults already. But every year they do it and they are very prompt in getting it into our hands before our birthdays. Usually though this thoughtfulness ends there. Today I got a message on my machine from my mom...all just to say "happy birthday" in English. When I called her back, my dad answered the phone and wish me "happy birthday" too in English. Never before have they called me on the day of to truly wish me a happy birthday, and I could hear the sincerity of both of their voices too. (those of you with Chinese parents know what I'm talking about... they never do things out of emotion for their kids it seems) It's so nice to see my relationship with my parents evolving even after 33 years. It's something I've always wished for and I think it's God's prompt for me to take more initiative to deepen my bond with them. This has been a nice birth day... I was truly touched.
(oops I lied... today is not my birthday, yesterday (an hour ago) was... oh how fast my date with my next birthday comes...)
