My parents played important roles in my childhood lives. They truly cared about me and nurtured me with great support and patience when I was a child.
1. My Father
Though my father had passed away, my love is with him. He loved me the most among the sisters and brother. He was willingly to spend all his savings for our education, sponsoring me specially to study abroad. Though not well educated, he believed that every child should receive good education. He was a very hard working man, doing all his best to earn a living for the family. No matter how busy in his work, he was not forgetting to fulfill our necessary needs by sacrificing his time and rest. He did not like to do a lot of scoring or "lecturing" to us when we misbehaved, rather patiently reminded us of our wrongs.
It has been eight years since my father had left me, but his words and actions are well remembered vividly. My behaviors and attitudes have the shadow of his words and actions. Those who knew my father could see my father's image in my body movements and interactions with others.
2. My Mother
My mother had breast cancer before she passed away at aged 58. I missed her a lot. Among the siblings, I was very closed to her. She did a lot of nurturing and disciplines to me when I was young. Her ways of teaching and correcting me were very different from my father. She would be angry and "lecturing" or punishing me whenever I was misbehaved and disobedient. On the other side, when I was awarded by school for my academic performance, she would buy me presents or nice food to eat.
My mother was not well educated, but cared about my study. She hired someone to be my tutor for my study. However, she often checked my homework to make sure that I was doing fine in school. She would willing to sit down and listen to me whenever I wanted to talk to her. And she would be very mad when people bullied me. She would defend and fight for me when she saw someone mistreated me. This defensive behavior of her somehow influenced me a lot up until today. I would get angry and be mad when I see something is done unfairly. I would even go and fight for it if necessary.
