Where Did This Love Come From?
How often have we sent our older children to boarding
school in the past three months? Was one week too long?
This time, my husband and I just did housework in silence because we could not calm our empty hearts after sending the children away.
As I was cleaning up the board games scattered around, I remembered our five children playing and laughing. I thought about how we cried and laughed while playing Yut (윷놀이) for the first time in a long time and how my son tried to teach me to play a
card game.
As I was tidying up the leftovers, I looked at the green
onion pancakes(해물파전)
and potato pancakes (감자전)
the kids had left behind, and I felt bad for not packing some for them. I
wished I had fed them more of their favorite pomegranates and fruits.
As I sent them photos we had taken together, my heart ached
with memories of our short yet full trip to the sea—eating plentiful
Thanksgiving food, watching family movies and light parades, riding snow sleds,
and eating meals lovingly prepared by the children.
When I spoke to the kids on the phone after they had arrived
at school, I couldn’t hold back the tears I had been suppressing.
No matter how many tears I shed behind my husband’s back, I couldn’t keep them
from overflowing, and eventually, they caught me crying.
Is this how my parents felt when they sent me away?
Is it similar to how I felt when I sent away my boyfriend(my husband) overseas
and flopped down at the airport?
What about those who have lost their children and can only
see them again in heaven?
Did I really love my children this much?
Since when did I love someone else this much?
Where did this love come from?
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