Mums

A few days ago, I reluctantly asked my mom to be more careful next time she washed my clothes because some of them were dry clean only. Hence, the cashmere wrap around scarf that she ruined a few nights ago.

Her response, in Chinese of course, "you are so lucky, you know, to have a mom that does everything for you. My mom died when I was 15 and it was so sad growing up with out a mom..."

That stayed with me for a while that day. I realized that I really do need to appreciate her even if I never asked her to do any of my laundry. Funny how little things make me think so hard and interesting how much I tend to forget about important facts unless they are said to me.