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Mom and Dad, I miss you.

Poor parents and friends, no matter where you are in the world, how well you are doing, life is unsatisfactory, please be sure to remember to report home safe, so that the parents who have worked all their lives rest assured. Even now you are lost, lost direction, a lot of pressure, but do not forget their original intention - that is to get out of the house to earn money so that Mom and Dad have a good life. Because some people don't care about your poverty, wealth, power, and fame, but just want you to be happy, healthy, happy, and safe. That is for us to pay a lifetime of mom and dad, they spent their lives for you to create, and, forever only for you to open a bright road, that is - the road home

By Holly D SalterPublished 3 years ago 7 min read
Mom and Dad, I miss you.
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Mom and Dad, I miss you.

Mom and Dad, how are you doing?

Every time I call you, it is actually a time when I am very tired. But when I hear your kind and warm voices, all my worries are forgotten, and my mind is filled with your smiling faces when you come home for New Year. From your words, I felt that the rice in my hometown was ripe, the pigs at home grew strong, and my younger siblings at home did well in their exams. However, I know nothing about you. Because, you will not tell me that you have added gray hair on your head, you will not tell me about your health, you will not tell me that my mother's blood sugar is low, you will not tell me that my father's back is bent again, you will not tell me that you only stir-fry a dish for dinner, you will not tell me that you often think about the children insomnia, you will not tell me that you are pinching your fingers every day to calculate the day the children come home, you will not tell me You look at the weather forecast only to see Shenzhen and Dongguan, you will not tell me that you save a few dollars and vendors bargaining ......

  Mom and Dad, you are tired!

  The child has been out of society for almost two years, although there is no you rich and valuable life experience, but, I thought I still ate a certain amount of suffering. You have taught me since I was a child to be a real person, and with your life to prove to the world to see. Under your education, my child has learned a lot, but also understand a lot. Be truthful, honest and down-to-earth. Don't be evil, don't be good. I always keep in mind that I am a child from the countryside, my parents are not known for their greatness, but also counted on the local beauty of the local harmony of the template. No matter how well you do outside, you can't be frivolous and indulgent. I'd like to ask my parents not to worry about my children's values, as you will always be my guiding light.

  Mom and Dad, you have worked hard!

  I don't know, my son is already twenty-three years old. Time flies, how the years, these years, recall, the most that comes to mind is the school to the road home. This road along with the child's entire childhood, there have been tears, there have been laughter, more is this road to witness the hardships and difficulties you raise children. This road is the path to soothe my heart when I was hurt, this road is the reference for me to lose my way, this road is my playground when I am unhappy, this road is the source of my motivation. Every time I go home, you are waiting for me at the intersection of this road. Every time I left home, you were there to see me off. Mom, do you still remember? When I came home for New Year's Eve, the moment I got off the bus, I saw your smile at the intersection and saw your anxious waiting, I thought, this road is too good, always let me feel this happy warm moment at the intersection. Dad, do you still remember? Every time I left home after New Year's Eve, I could always see your caring and reluctant face at the intersection of this road, which is the most contradictory expression in the world, not wanting to leave, but having to leave for the sake of my children's future. At that moment, I was also thinking, I hate this road, hate his heartless and speechless. In fact, whether this road are in, in fact, he has long remained in the heart, because, go farther, fly higher, mixed with more unsatisfactory, bad life again children, always can not forget that - home road!

  Mom and Dad, my son was wrong!

  In the past, my child did not know what to do, and broke your hearts. No matter how you teach me, I always think I am right. In fact, society is the best teacher. He does not care whether you are happy, happy, whether you are willing, willing, whether you are a child or a daughter, whether you are poor or rich. He treats all of them equally, and you are not allowed to behave, you are not allowed to be self-righteous, you are not allowed to be impetuous and indulgent, you are not allowed to be whimsical. All these things are the stories you used to tell me, and I quarreled with you. Today, I have to accept, recognize and obey. When I was young and unaware of things, I left home, put down my bravado and bravado, and came out to make my way. The first lesson taught me to sleep on the streets, and the days of wandering on the streets can never be forgotten. Under the flyover, I learned that there is never someone in the world who just gives to you without expecting anything in return, except for your parents. Mom and Dad, my child was wrong! The second lesson taught me that bosses are not good people. Hard to run the market business, every day by public transport do not know how many roads, mineral water can not afford to buy, to the end of the month also arrears of wages, resignation deducted half a month, no matter how you beg, how to cry, will not give you more than one. I think of the days of studying, living expenses you try to give more, sometimes ignorant I too little, looking for you to ask, you prefer to eat steamed buns and pickles, the middle of the month, but also to send me meals to send money. Mom and dad, my son was wrong. I used to think that the earth is round, like a ball, when unhappy, a kick up will become deflated. I realized that the earth is made of cast iron, and when I kicked it, my toes would bleed and I would have to spend money to go to the hospital for medical treatment.

  Mom and dad, my son misses you!

  I vaguely began to get involved in society, with big ambitions, leaving behind ambitious goals, came to Shenzhen, never thought that one day will be homesick. Until one day I was penniless and hungry, until one day my boss deducted my salary and delayed it, until one day I was out on the street, until one day I wanted to talk to someone and no one cared about me, until one day I was on vacation and didn't know where to go, until one day I dreamed that you covered me with a quilt, until one day you wore old-fashioned glasses and sewed my clothes, until one day I dreamed that my dad was cutting grass and feeding fish, until one day I dreamed that my dad was weeding and planting wheat in the fields, until one day I dreamed that my dad was in the field. One day I dreamed that my father was weeding the fields and planting wheat, one day I dreamed that my father was making me braised fish, and one day I dreamed that my father picked up the flute and played the song "Jasmine Flower" that he taught me as a child. The first time I woke up, I was left with a deep longing in my heart, except for the warm tears on my pillow. I've been thinking about you, Mom and Dad. Please take care of your health and wait for me to come home safely ......

  I'd like to thank you, Mom and Dad!

  The actual fact is that you will be able to find a good deal more than just a few of these. Although it will make your future days more worried, but the child heart is not willing, not willing, not willing to accept the predictable future. During that time, you did not put any pressure on your children and let them make their own choices. Thank you for allowing me to live in a fair, democratic and harmonious family. Although my child is now out there, not the kind of task that calls the wind and rain, not a Zheng Qianjin celebrity. But these years, these feelings, these experiences, if not the child deep experience, will never understand, can never understand, my parents for me, with all their everything, in exchange for the child everything. If the child does not come to Shenzhen, not to Hong Kong, not to Macau, never know, never know Jia Mei sister her career was originally traded for life; never know, Jia Bao brother in the conditions of the mother left since childhood, silently endured everything to get today's car and house; never know, those rich people turned out to be more diligent than those without money, more hard work, more desperate. Because of you, I understand that I am so happy and my family is so happy. Because of you, I was able to meet friends who would discipline me, spur me on, and help me, regardless of my family background and conditions. Mom and Dad, thank you! I will try my best to do a good job, try to make enough time to call you, keep safe, please do not worry too much about the child, the child is doing well outside!

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