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Days go by so quickly... another 12 days we are on our way back to Texas.

It's so hot here in South Taiwan. Shoping in the market for 20 minutes I feel like I am gonna faint. But it's still fun to shop in the day market. Everything is so cheap and so nice. I love stuff made in Taiwan. 



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5/19/2007 9am
  • Acacia's 2 top teeth already broke through... the other two are on the way.. swollen gum... that makes Acacia wants to nurse a lot more times then usual
  • Today is Timothy's school picnic at the park.. I am a little sad he is no longer a pre-K kid
  • This afternoon Jacob is having field day at school.. lots of games.. might go pay him a visit if we have the energy
  • Should I buy Mrs. Phyllis a gift? Not sure....
  • Need to start packing for Taiwan trip,,,
  • Bought the Fisher price take-along booster for Acacia's dining in TW.. will probably leave it for Teresa afterwards
  • Discovered new fonds... GODIVA Belgian Blends.. I bought 2 kinds at Kroger since it's buy 1 get 1 pack free... French Vanilla Latte and Mocha Chocolate Latte... Pretty yummy... gonna go buy some more today.. to stock up while it's on sale!!!



5/15/2007 10pm
  • so the teeth cleaning wasn't too bad.. kind of quick actually.. glad she didn't see anything suspicious
  • daddy was home today.... how nice... mommy daddy & Acacia had a lunch date.. at 小美
  • Took everyone to swimming.. Acacia was in the water for the 1st time... ABSOLUTELY loved it!! She splashed the water on her face and didn't mind it.. mommy held a big black umbrella.. kind of funny but didn't want to get my cute snow-white into a black beauty.. she was in the water for a good 30 + minutes..
  • Glad we have a water baby
  • Mommy cooked YUMMY black mussel white sauce Italian noodles & red-sauce ground beef spaghitti.. now.. everyone was satisfied... also garlic bread & zhukini squash YUM!
  • Took a walk after dinner.. kind of breezy.. Justin & Patric rode the bikes to play with the boys a little bit

5/15/2007 8am

  • I think Acacia is teething all four top teeth at the same time OUCH.. sorry baby!!
  • Going to have my teeth cleaned in a little bit... DREAD it!!!
  • Philip bought window blinds for mom's condo.. worked hard last night to put it on..
  • 6 more days of school for Jacob, 3 more days of school for Timothy.. HOORAY!!!
  • Need to call Houston office to see what's up with our passports..
  • never possible to keep the house clean... SIGH
  • what will happen to the fish when we are away in Taiwan  for 1 month ? 自求多福吧...
  • can't wait to eat all the yummy foods in TW...
  • Can't imagine how we will survive the 20+ hour flight with 3 kids




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Daddy went on business trip for the entire week(Mon-Fri), he went to Austin on Mon-Tues, flew back home on Tuesday to get some rest, then flew out to Harlingin on Wed morning. While he was in Austin, he went to the San Marcos outlet mall, and bought some BEAUTIFUL quilts for the kids.. both boys got car quilts, and Acacia got a super pretty girly quilt. I was so excited to see the quilts..... I've always LOVED Pottery Barn's stuff and these are just so beautiful.

Daddy came back home on Friday, I knew he went to another outlet mall before he went to the airport, but didn't think he bought anything...
So Friday night before sleep, Acacia was playing in our bed and pooped, so I asked Daddy to change her because I was pretty tired from taking care of the kids all by myself for the past week... and daddy absolutely refused.... I kept asking him and he kept saying NO... so I was pretty mad at this point. So I went outside the room to wash Acacia and when I came back, I saw a COACH gift box on my bed, I was even more angry cause it's empty and I thought he was joking with me. So I swept the box to the floor and said, you are just crazy (in Chinese)... then at this point he pulled out a coach bag behind his pillow... WOWWWWWWWW... a surprise gift for ME!!! I was very surprised and amazed.. it's probably the very 1st time my husband is so romantic and set up this surprise for me.. I love the coach purse, not because it's a Coach(ok... maybe a little so), but that he bought it for me as a surprise and hid it until the time we went to bed... what a nice surprise!!! Just in time for mother's day!!!

Thank you daddy for the gifts you bought us... of course, he didn't spend money on himself.. ... Thank you!!

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On Friday afternoon, daddy was home so we all had a chance to play at the park with the whole family. We all love to play at the park, especially at this great weather.


The boys enjoyed biking, and me and daddy were busy taking pictures/video, and Acacia sat on the baby swing for the very first time!!! She liked it a lot, and she seemed SO tall in the swing!


Timothy loves to play the monkey bar... he did it over and over and over... about 6 times... Just by looking at him making me sore and tired :D Another mommy was pretty amazed by Timothy as well. We all tried to do it but none of us could!!

The boys got some bread from another mom so they got to feed the fish and the turtles... what a fun and relaxing afternoon at the park!





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宇廷小寶貝,
  雖然不捨,雖然心疼, 阿姨很被你一直以來ㄉ勇敢努力感動.你是好多人ㄉ心肝寶貝, 謝謝你教我們愛。看到你安詳.帶著微笑離開, 還帶著小小背包裝不下ㄉ祝福和愛.宇廷, we love you, very very much.
   簡爸爸.簡媽媽, 要為宇廷,更精彩ㄉ過日子。謝謝你們和我們分享宇廷雖短卻美麗ㄉ日子。祝福你們!

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3/23 Friday



We finally get to see 淑慧&卉昕 again after several months. In the morning I had to take Grandma to see a condo for sale so we got delayed a little...


It was very easy to find 淑慧&卉昕's home, and surprisingly, it's not far at all. It only about 15 minutes away. We make ourselves at home immediately.. Timothy started to watch TV(baby signs) and 卉昕 and Acacia looked at each other... and I was very surprised Acacia didn't start crying when I put her down on the floor. She likes
卉昕 too!

We had some yummy dumplings at
淑慧's place...we figured it would be easier to eat at home first with all 3 kids in a relaxed enrironment. 卉昕's daddy came home to pick up lunch and we got to chat a little bit, this time he seemed to be more talkative :D
淑慧 said 卉昕's daddy is a very hands-on daddy, he baths 卉昕 everyday and spends time playing with 卉昕. And he is willing to spend money on 卉昕's stuff, like good carseats... 卉昕 is one lucky little girl

淑慧 also gave us gifts... I almost felt bad because I had gifts to take away when I visited them!! I LOVE the hair clips she gave Acacia, it makes Acacia looks VERY girly. We got lots of compliments already! Thank you 淑慧!!! Also I like the soy paste 淑慧 gave us, it's very yummy... I am addicted to it... I will have to bring some bottles back from Taiwan!!

We then decided to go to Galleria mall since we still had about 2 hours before I had to pick up Jacob.
淑慧 said she goes there quite often.. and Timothy loves their playground. It was Acacia's 1st time "playing" in that playground. I could tell she was very excited. I sat her next to the ladybug and she even pulled herself up to stand!!


Time went by so fast, it was about time I had to pick up Jacob, so we said goodbye to
淑慧 and 卉昕... 卉昕 even waves bye to us, how cute!!! I can't believe how much
卉昕 has grown. She is now walking all over the place, she can almost run !!! She is a very friendly little girl, she is not afraid of strangers. She is surely a cute little girl.

It was fun to have playdates... we had so much to talk about... can't wait for our next date!!

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3/20/2007 Tuesday

2 days after we got back from our NY trip. I am to be naturalized to become an American citizen today. I don't know how to describe my emotions... I've been living in this beautiful country for almost 16 years, and almost over half of my life so far. I've never felt like a stranger on this land. It's always been my home. Although deep in my heart I will always think of Taiwan as my motherland. I am not really super excited, just relieved that this process has finally come to an end and no more tiring appointments to meet.

We left the house early at about 7:30am because we had to be there by 8:15am. Of course we were late... travelling in the super RUSH hour is not fun at all. Acaica cried and screamed while the car just stopped and went on the highway. (later I found out it was because she pooped.... poor baby, she loves to be clean). We made it finally, the 2 of us. And although we were late, we were not really that late... it was just in time to get in for the ceremony. The officier checked my ID, took away my greencard, and we started the ceremony. The place is Dallas Convention center, ballroom A. There are over 600 people becoming citizens today. Amazing!!

I finally got time to check Acacia's diaper... and what an explosion!! I felt SO sorry for my little girl. No wonder she was crying so hard in the car. I got back to the ballroom, and I decided just to sit on the carpeted floor, not among the 600 people, it was way too crowded and Acacia didn't like being so close to strangers. I felt like I was watching all these people getting naturalized, and I was just a visitor, or a family. But I was in tears watching this video they were showing, and when I heard the black lady sang the national anthen. It is a beautiful country because it's made of different peoples, and all the people of the US love this country. Yeah, I was getting a little emotional sitting on the floor with Acacia.

After the long ceremorny, I finally got my naturalization paper. It bears the same function as a birth certificate of any American. And I appreciated when the officier said "welcome, my fellow Americans".

So on this day, I become an American.

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人老了 !
一篇感人的文章 -
媳婦說:「煮淡一點妳就嫌沒有味道,現在煮鹹一點妳卻說咽不下,妳究竟
怎麼樣 ?」
母親一見兒子回來,二話不說便把飯菜往咀裡送。她怒瞪他一眼。他試了一
口,馬上吐出來,
兒子說:「我不是說過了嗎,媽有病不能吃太鹹 !」
「那好!媽是你的,以後由你來煮 !」媳婦怒氣沖沖地回房。
兒子無奈地輕嘆一聲,然後對母親說:「媽,別吃了,我去煮個麵給妳。」
「仔,你是不是有話想跟媽說,是就說好了,別憋在心裡 !」
「媽,公司下個月升我職,我會很忙,至於老婆,她說很想出來工作,所以
....」
母親馬上意識到兒子的意思:「 仔,不要送媽去老人院。」聲音似乎在哀
求。兒子沉默片刻,他是在尋找更好的理由。
「媽,其實老人院並沒有甚麼不好,妳知道老婆一但工作,一定沒有時間好
好服侍妳。老人院有吃有住有人服侍照顧,不是比在家裡好得多嗎?」「可
是,阿財叔他.... 」
洗了澡,草草吃了一碗速食麵,兒子便到書房去。他茫然地佇立於窗前,有
些猶豫不決。母親年輕便守寡,含辛茹苦將他撫養成人,供他出國讀書。但
她從不用年輕時的犧牲當作要脅他孝順的籌碼,反而是妻子以婚姻要脅

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點名遊戲
   
  ok... here you go, my dear Lulu mama!!




Q1.目前上不上班?
A1. 上班。 全年無休, 不支薪...有4個囉哩巴唆ㄉ老闆。。。 每天有做不完ㄉ事..但永遠不想跳巢>>>
 I am a happy housewife!!!


Q2.婚姻狀況?
A2. 已婚。
戀愛6
,結婚9年2個月 ... 真是歷史悠久阿!!!!


Q3.有沒有小孩?
A3.
個小孩 PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Q4.上班或不上班的五個理由?
A4. 不上班的理由...  陪著孩子成長

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 I've read this article several times, and everytime I read it, it makes me stop and think. And of course appreciate my mom more:

那天是週末,春日的黃昏有新榨橙汁的顏色與氣息。
老早說好了要和朋友們去逛夜市,母親卻在下班的時候打來了電話,
聲音裡是小女孩一般的歡欣雀躍:「明天我們鄉公所去郊遊,
你下班時幫我到 Mr. Dounut買一盒甜甜圈,我想請同事吃。」
「郊遊?」我大吃一驚,「啊,你們還郊遊?」
想都不想,我一口回絕,「媽,我跟朋友約好了要出去,我沒時間。」
跟母親討價還價了半天,她一直說:「只買一盒甜甜圈,快得很,不會耽誤你…」
最後她都有點生氣了,我才老大不情願地答應下來。
一心想著速戰速決,剛下班我就飛奔前往。
但是遠遠看到了那家店,我的心便一沉… 店裡竟是人山人海,
排隊的長龍一直蜿蜒到了馬路,我忍不住暗自叫苦。
隨著長龍緩慢地移動,我頻頻看表,又不時踮起腳向前面張望,
足足站了近一個鐘頭,才快輪到我。
我站得頭重腳輕、餓得眼冒金星,想起朋友們肯定都在等我,更是急得直跺腳。
春天獨有的暖柔輕風繞滿我周身,而在新出爐的甜甜圈薰人欲醉的芳香裡,
卻裹著我將一觸即發的火氣。
真不知道母親是怎麼想的,週日不在家休息, 還要去郊遊,
身體吃得消嗎?而且和鄉公所的人出去玩,

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So now it's 6 months since 妹肝 was born, I finally am fitting back to my prepregnancy pants, even the tight black ones!!! I AM SO HAPPY>>>  YEEPEE!!

I think it's due to the kick-boxing class I am taking now on Tuesdays. It is such a good class, a sister told me she lost a whole size (went from size 4 to size 2) in a year. So that really motivates me to join the class. At first it was hard to get the moves, now I am gradually getting them and really enjoy the class. It is so much fun... to sweat like pig !!

Hopefully I will also lose a size!!! I don't ask much, size 4 will be PERFECT for me!! haha!!

These are 2 pictures of Acacia 1st born and 6 months later... such a BIG change!!



and this is what makes it work... mommy's milk!!!


Happy growing, my baby girl!!!!


These are the words to the song playing:
你是我最深愛的人 - 永邦 

愛上了一個人 能夠為她犧牲

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This morning I went into the Homeland Security office for my naturalization interview. Daddy drove me and we took Acacia after we dropped off Timothy and his classmate at his school. We arrived there just in time, but after going through the security check I had to wait in the waiting area for about 30 minutes... while daddy took care of Acacia(including a poopy diaper) in the car.

The interview was very easy, I actually over-prepared. The lady officier asked me some basic questions like my name, address, if I had ever commited a crime... etc... then here were the questions I was tested:
(1) how many stripes are on the flag?
(2) What makes up the congress?
(3) Who is the TX governor?
(4) For how long do we elect senators?
(5) How many states in the union?

She was reading from a sheet of paper that contains about 15 questions, but she only asked me 5 since I got the answers correct she didn't go on with the questions. Then she asked me to read out a sentence:
"We have a very clean house".
I couldn't help but laughing when I saw this sentence. I read it out loud then told her, but our house is not very clean!! She said, you have 2 boys, and it's impossible to have a clean house with 2 boys!! And she commented she has 1 boy and it's already hard to keep up with 1 boy.

Then She asked me to write down this sentence:
"This boy threw a ball".

Then after a few more questions, she asked me if I wanted to change my name, which I do. My American name will be Peggy Huang after I get the citizenship. So people won't call me "Mrs. Chang" any longer and wonder if Timothy and Jaocb have a divorced mommy :0)

Now I am just waiting to get a notice of the date for sworn-in and officially get the citizenship certificate.

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Yesterday I couldn't reach Philip all day... and at the same time I've heard about some people missing in Oregon... so it got me a little worried... but then, Daddy is not in Oregon yet.. he is in Seatle!! HAHA!

Acacia likes her exersaucer:

well, at least she can sit in it for about 10 minutes and play, which is helpful when I can take a shower, or do something in the house real quick.   She now can really sit up well, and sometimes stand in it.  She would also play with the toys. So CUTE!

I was curious to see if Acacia can now sit up by herself....


But NOOOO... and she didn't like it!!!

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 So I went in for my sonogram this morning. Lori checked all over my upper abdominal and said every organ looked good and there is no stone in my gall bladder nor kidney nor liver. What a relief!! So the nurse said, "what should we do with you, Peggy? ". I know, it's good to know I don't have anything major but at the same time the puzzle is still not solved. At least I don't have to worry about surgery to remove the stone if there was one. Thank the Lord! Mike is attending the conference now and when he returns the nurse will discuss with him as to what to do next with my tummy aches. It was funny when Lori was looking at my organs she said "that's your right kidney, looks beautiful" , I said "thank you" and we both laughed. It;s just funny to describe someone's kidney "beautiful " but Americans are really all looking at the bright side of everything, this is one thing I really like about them. Grandma went with me to the sonogram and we brought Acacia because she refused to eat at home before I left. Everyone at the clinic said Acacia is super cute and beautiful and gorgeous. I know, I know. We also think so!



Last week Acacia had developed "yeast infection" in her neck and diaper area. They looked very yucky, with watery discharge and red. Finally on Sat. morning we took her to see Dr. Cole and it was surely a relief to hear it's yeast infection and was something very easily treatable. So she prescribed antibiotics to take as well as another anti-fungal oral medicine and creme to put on. It only took about 1 night for us to see a BIG difference. Now it's all healed, but we still have to keep giving her antibiotics for a few more days to make sure it doesn't come back. Poor Acacia, she was crying day and night last week because of skin pain and we couldn't figure out what was wrong.

On Sat. afternoon daddy took the boys all the way to Ft worth to watch the air show. The boys loved it. They saw thunderbird jet planes performing and was truly amazing. I stayed home with Acacia, but hopefully next year we will all go together.




Acacia has been smiling a lot lately. So very cute. I try to capture her smiles on camera and got some really cute ones. She is also cooing some. It's so sweet to see her smile. I am so glad we have this little girl in our life.


Jacob has been going to the math lessons every Wed afternoon. It's really amazing to see hos rapidly he can learn and count using the techniques. It also helps him to build more confidence in himself which is great. Sometimes I feel sorry for him that he has to sit for 1 hour and 40 minutes at a time. But it also helps him to stay focused. I hope we can keep it up.




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This morning I went to my OB for postpartum checkup, and Dr. Cowart thinks it might be the gall bladder that's giving me tummy problems. Gall bladder is 膽囊 in Chinese. He scheduled me for a sonogram to check it out next Wed, I just did some research and below is what it says, and it seems pretty similar to my symptons. The most similar part is that it's recurring(everynight for 3 weeks now), and it feels like bloating or gas. I hope it's nothing serious. I have 3 children to take care...


在臨床上,「慢性膽囊炎」是指膽囊的慢性炎症病變,絕大部份的慢性膽囊炎伴隨著膽結石的存在,也與「膽汁鬱留」有關;雖然如此,在臨床上非結石性的慢性膽囊炎(即在膽囊內找不到結石)並非罕見;此外,「慢性膽囊炎」本身亦是「急性膽囊炎」的後遺症;再者,亦有為數不少的病例其本身並無急性膽結石的發病史,但卻在就醫時即被診斷為「慢性膽囊炎」。

根據流行病學的探討,引起「慢性膽囊炎」的原因包括有如下幾個因素:

●病原體的感染:主要的導致慢性膽囊炎的病原體包括有傷寒、大腸桿菌、敗血症等的併發症,由於這些病原體會導致全身性細菌感染,而病菌本身會經由血流循環進入膽囊,而引起膽囊炎症;在以往,寄生蟲盛行的時代,膽道中蛔蟲會上行伴隨著細菌鑽進膽道,而引起膽道阻塞進而發炎,但在現代這種病況也已較少了。跟急性膽囊炎的成因一樣,在慢性膽囊炎的形成中膽囊結石也是其最重要的是因素之一;由於結石阻塞膽囊管或膽囊頸,使膽汁濃縮,並進一步導致膽汁成分改變,對膽囊黏膜直接造成毒害,引起膽囊壁化學性改變,而造成「慢性膽囊炎」。此外,胰臟管和膽管匯合處倘若有阻塞病變,亦會使得胰液逆流入膽道甚至膽囊,而導致慢性膽囊炎的衍生。

在臨床上,慢性膽囊炎的症狀或許與膽結石的症狀完全一致,其中較為常見的症狀包括有不等程度的腹脹、上腹或右上腹不適、持續性鈍痛甚至右肩胛區疼痛、胃灼熱,噯氣、吐酸水等消化道的非特異性症狀,有時罹患者在攝取脂肪類食物時其症狀更為劇烈。

在日常生活中,「慢性膽囊炎」罹患者宜採取低脂肪飲食,少食油膩食物,尤其是動物脂肪如肥肉、豬肉、豬蹄、奶油製品以及油煎雞蛋,以免膽囊因強烈收縮而誘發「膽絞痛」的急性發作。此外,膽結石罹患者平常更要保持排便通暢,有時在夜間睡眠時,最好能保持左側臥位,以利膽汁的排泄;而一旦合併細菌感染時,更應及早就醫及時服用相對應的抗生素治療,才不會進一步衍生難纏的併發症。

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It's been a long time, since I had any energy to write a new post. My stomache problem finally seems to leave me and now I am "only" left with a little cold(sore throat, cough). But Grandma just started to feel sick last night... so I guess our household is still not 100% recovered.

Last Lord's day we went to Denton for the meeting, and I was so glad to see all the dear brothers and sisters. We went to Tom & Rita's after meeting for lunch, and the boys had fun playing with their girls(they have 3). It's a strange feeling, Denton seems to stand still in time, feels like nothing has changed in that small town although more than 10 years have passed by... maybe one day we will move back to Denton, it sure feels like home.

Acacia will be 2 months old in a few days. I still can't believe she is already this big. And of course it feels like she has been with us for years, not just 2 months. She is now awake a lot during the day, and she is starting to coo(I LOVE her girly sound). She is also smiling a lot more now, especially after her diaper is changed She now usually goes to bed on her tummy, which helps her to sleep deeper and longer. And she loves to be held ALL the time. She still has rash on her face, and I am starting to believe it's eczema, just like what Jacob had when he was a baby. I stopped using cortizone creme and just put lotion on her dry parts.

Acacis has a good control of her head, which is pretty amazing at this early age. She is getting chubby and we all start to call her "little piggy sister".

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 Today we went to have our fingerprints done for the process of applying USA citizenship. We took Timothy and Acacia because I was afraid Acacia would be hungry at home with my mom. It was a poor-looking office, and full of people in line. But we really didin't have to wait a long time, the whole process took about 1 hour. But that 1 hour felt like a year because Acacia was fussy, hungry and had a poopy diaper. Thankfully the staff there weren't mad at us. The computer captured all 10 fingerprints(the whole area), our fingers were rolled from left to right. I think they are doing this to try to avoid another event like 911. Now we are just waiting to be interviewed, it should take only a few months. We were given a booklet to study the "facts" about US history and government.

Last night daddy and I had some arguments, and we both ended up very upset. I wonder if I have those 'post-partum' depression because a lot of times I feel upset for no obvious reasons. I need to practice to call on the Lord often so my mind can be set on the spirit, not on other things.

Acacia's baby acne is getting a little better, hopefully they will all clear up soon so we have a beautiful baby again. I surely miss her smooth skin on the face.

This morning daddy took the boys to buy Krysti Kream donuts and came back with a dozen!! Too sweet for me. But I guess once in a while is ok. We will go to daddy's coworker's house to play in a little bit. They also have 3 kids, exactly like ours, 2 boys and a baby girl. Very similar to our family, their boys are both 1 month younger than ours, and this time they got their baby girl a few months before us. Too bad we don't live very closely otherwise we can play together often. They gave us a used swing and stroller.


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無奈的父親

   有一個美麗的小女孩,她的名字叫做佘艷,她有一雙亮晶晶的大眼睛,她有一顆透亮的童心。她是一個孤兒,她在這個世界上只活了8年,她留在這個世界上最後 的話是“我來過我很乖”。她希望死在秋天,纖瘦的身體就像一朵花自然開謝的過程。在遍地黃花堆積,落葉空中旋舞時候,她會看見橫空遠行雁兒們。她自願放棄 治療,把全世界華人捐給她的54萬元救命錢分成了7份,把生命當成希望的蛋糕分別給了7個正徘徊在生死線的小朋友。

  我自願放棄治療

  她一出生就不知親生父母,她只有收養她的“爸爸”。

  1996年11月30日,那是當年農曆10月20日,因為“爸爸”佘仕友在永興鎮沈家衝一座小橋旁的草叢中發現被凍得奄奄一息的這個新生嬰兒時,發現她的胸口處插著一張小紙片,上面寫著:“10月20日晚上12點。”

   家住四川省雙流縣三星鎮雲崖村二組的佘仕友當時30歲,因為家裏窮一直找不到對象,如果要收養這個孩子,恐怕就更沒人願意嫁進家門了。看著懷中小貓一樣 嚶嚶哭泣的嬰兒,佘仕友幾次放下又抱起,轉身走又回頭,這個小生命已經渾身冰冷哭聲微弱,再沒人管只怕隨時就沒命了!咬咬牙,他再次抱起嬰兒,嘆了一口 氣:“我吃什麼,你就跟我吃什麼吧。”

  佘仕友給孩 子取名叫佘艷,因為她是秋天豐收季節出生的孩子。單身漢當起了爸爸,沒有母乳,也買不起奶粉,就只好喂米湯,所以佘艷從小體弱多病,但是非常乖巧懂事。春 去春又回,如同苦藤上的一朵小花,佘艷一天天長大了,出奇得聰明乖巧,鄉鄰都說撿來的娃娃智商高,都喜歡她。儘管從小就多病,在爸爸的擔驚受怕中,佘艷慢 慢地長大了。

  命苦的孩子的確不一般,從5歲起,她就懂得幫爸爸分擔家務,洗衣、煮飯、割草她樣樣做得好,她知道自己跟別家的孩子不一樣,別家的孩子有爸爸有媽媽,自己的家裏只有她和爸爸,這個家得靠她和爸爸一起來支撐,她要很乖很乖,不讓爸爸多一點點憂心生一點點氣。

   上小學了,佘艷知道自己要好學上進要考第一名,不識字的爸爸在村裏也會臉上有光,她從沒讓爸爸失望過。她給爸爸唱歌,把學校裏發生的趣事一樣一樣講給爸 爸聽,把獲得的每一朵小紅花仔仔細細貼在墻上,偶爾還會調皮地出道題目考倒爸爸……每當看到爸爸臉上的笑容,她會暗自滿足:“雖然不能像別的孩子一樣也有 媽媽,但是能跟爸爸這樣快樂地生活下去,也很幸福了。”

   2005年5月開始,她經常流鼻血。有一天早晨,佘艷正欲洗臉,突然發現一盆清水變得紅紅的,一看,是鼻子裏的血正向下滴,不管採用什麼措施,都止不 住。實在沒辦法,佘仕友帶她去鄉衛生院打針,可小小的針眼也出血不止,她的腿上還出現大量“紅點點”,醫生說,“趕快到大醫院去看!”來到成都大醫院,可 正值會診高峰,她排不上輪次。獨自坐在長椅上按住鼻子,鼻血像兩條線直往下掉,染紅了地板。他覺得不好意思,只好端起一個便盆接血,不到10分鐘,盆子裏 的血就盛了一半。

  醫生見狀,連忙帶孩子去檢查。檢查後,醫生馬上給他開了病危通知單。他得了“急性白血病”!

   這種病的醫療費是非常昂貴的,費用一般需要30萬元!佘仕友懵了。看著病床上的女兒,他沒法想太多,他只有一個念頭:救女兒!借遍了親戚朋友,東拼西湊 的錢不過杯水車薪,距離30萬實在太遠,他決定賣掉家裏唯一還能換錢的土坯房。可是因為房子太過破舊,一時找不到買主。

  看著父親那雙憂鬱的眼睛和日漸消瘦的臉,佘艷總有一種酸楚的感覺。一次,佘艷拉著爸爸的手,話還未出口眼淚卻冒了出來:“爸爸,我想死……”

  父親一雙驚愕的眼睛看著她:“你才8歲,為啥要死?”

  “我是撿來的娃娃,大家都說我命賤,害不起這病,讓我出院吧……”

  6月18日,8歲的佘艷代替不識字的爸爸,在自己的病歷本上一筆一畫地簽字:“自願放棄對佘艷的治療。”

  8歲女孩乖巧安排後事

  當天回家後,從小到大沒有跟爸爸提過任何要求的佘艷,這時向爸爸提出兩個要求:她想穿一件新衣服,再照一張相片,她對爸爸解釋說:“以後我不在了,如果你想我了,就可以看看照片上的我。”

   第二天,爸爸叫上姑姑陪著佘艷來到鎮上,花30元給佘艷買了兩套新衣服,佘艷自己選了一套粉紅色的短袖短褲,姑姑給她選了一套白色紅點的裙子,她試穿上 身就捨不得脫下來。三人來到照相館,佘艷穿著粉紅色的新衣服,雙手比著V字手勢,努力地微笑,最後還是忍不住掉下淚來。

  她已經不能上學了,她長時間背著書包站在村前的小路上,目光總是濕漉漉的。

  如果不是《成都晚報》的一個叫傅艷的記者,佘艷將像一片悄然滑落的樹葉一樣,靜靜地從風中飄下來。

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 Last night starting at 8pm I started to have stomache pain... they were not contractions for the 1st 2 hours or so because they had no break in between and I was sure it's something I ate for dinner(probably 苦瓜), by the time Philip got home from school at around 10pm, I think contractions started to come... of course in bewteen I had vomitted and also 拉肚子 several times... VERY uncomfortable. When I realized they were contraction pains I started timing them... not regular at all... and it lasted until 2am and I finally drifted off to sleep.. then only to be awaken by pain at 4am. Really a terrible night. But by 5am the pain was all gone... ok they must have been just those practicing "false" contractions... braxton hicks. I really don't need to practice ok? I am a pro already(being the 3rd pregnancy), so contractions, just come when it's real labor... no more practicing rehearsals for me PLEASE!! 

Jacob lost his front tooth this afternoon while watching TV with his brother. Well, actually Timothy's foot hit Jacob's tooth accidentally and knocked the loose tooth off... it was actually pretty funny thinking about it. Of course Jacob was a little scared when he saw a tooth on his clothes and ran to me crying.... I made lots of positive comments about it and wash the tooth and put it in the tooth storage thing our dentist gave him last time. I am glad this loose tooth finally came off... Timothy certainly did a good job knocking it off !! I told Jacob he should be very proud to lose another baby tooth... especially the front one... that means he is growing up ! And we can already see the new tooth coming out. Neat!


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The home stretch waiting is driving me crazy!! I feel like I want the baby NOW!! The baby is getting bigger each day and I am getting more and more uncomfortable. My pelvic bones hurt so much, because the baby's head is coming down gradually and sitting right on top of it. I can't sleep at night because there is absolutely no position that's comfortable. I know my body is being prepared for the after birth sleepless nights but still... I want to get some sleep before the baby comes!!!


Yesterday morning I went in for 35th week checkup... everything is perfect as usual. The baby's heartbeat was 158/minute, and she is again measuring big, 36 cm (2 weeks ahead). I told brother Mike I would really want to have the baby now... and he said, no, still too early... I know I know... just hoping I don't have to wait too much longer. Brother Mike recalculated my due date and based on the sonogram taken on Monday the new due date is 7/22, so maybe I will have the baby in the middle of July... Oh I can't wait!!! Today I am feeling better... I've decided I need to let Acacia grow as big as possible before she comes out so she has the best possible health and no matter how big she gets I will be able to push her out... I shouldn't be selfish and want her to be lighter weighted... last time I could push out an almost 9 pounder, this time I can surely do it.

And I decided to stop worrying about the need to clean our house thoroughly before the baby arrives. She will not know anyway(all she will do is eat and sleep and maybe cry)!! With her 2 big brothers messing the house everyday it's impossible to keep it all nice and clean. Plus I will be at the hospital for 2-3 days... I won't be able to control those days when I am away... so I should relax and not try to pick up every little thing on the floor and get frustrated by that.

I will need to pack a bag for the hospital in the coming weeks. I want to look more presentable this time after birth, maybe bring some makeup and regular clothes. Last time I was in pajamas the whole time and didn't look good at all in the pictures... haha

Jacob finished his level 2 swimming lessons. This year we won't go to more lessons because time is running out... and I will just take them swimming and have fun. His free style strokes look really awesome!! Even better then me!! He just needs to work on breathing.. but I can't ask for too much, his teacher said for a 6 year old he is doing much more advanced then average kids. I am so proud of him. He is such a good learner and works hard to do good. He also finished grade 1 math(additions). Last night we went to Barnes & Noble to buy a grade 2 math practice book(substrations) for him. He is excited to do math everyday and his level 5 hooked on phonics is almost done too.. when he finishes level 5 he will be equal to an 8 year old level. Wow!! What an achievement!!

Timothy on the other hand only likes to draw.. he is not too interested in learning phonics yet. I don't want to push him because I know he is still young for that and he already knows all the letter phonic sounds and learning to recognize words when he sees them.

Our ice cream store is almost ready to open. Today people are doing the final touch -ups and if customers come they can buy. Finally. I hope the Lord will bless our investment and this small business will be for His interest. Although we are co-owners of the store, we won't be able to eat for free because we all need to be fair. It will be hard to let the boys realize they can't ask for free ice cream everytime we go in the store. We also need to pay!! Philip was joking maybe we should print our own "buy all for free" coupon!!

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