Rachel, or Ye Ting, as I will usually call her, was the kid little girl who openly told me she love me and wanted me to marry her last year. But as I recalled all these now, they cannot even light up my face. I'm sad, sad to realise that this little girl's young life will forever changed because of the death of her mother. How is she going to cope growing up with her step mother and 2 step siblings? Even though the grandma is trying her best to take care of Ye Ting, what will become of her when the grandma grows old and can't pay enough attention to her. What if she go astray? What if the stepmother ill-treat her? What if? What if???? I'm worried... worried for Ye Ting. She has done nothing wrong and yet has to bear the consequence of her parents' divorce, and now the departure of her closest kin. This leads me to ponder about mistakes that we human made. You see, if 2 persons love each other, they will get married, bear children, and have a normal and healthy family life until the kids grow up. But in today's society, the stability of this structure is severely tested. People take marriage easily. To them, getting married may just be signing the marriage certificate and being recognized as "Married" by law. But what about the couple's offsprings? Have they even spare a thought for the life that both have created when they decide they can't see eye to eye to each other and separate? To me, Ye Ting is a victim. She don't deserved being without a mother. Thank God she still has her grandma, whom I think is really "Wei Da". She actually has to work, take care of Ye Ting and her ailing "daughter-in-law". When she told me the last food she bought for Ye Ting's mum was tou hua, I nearly cried. Ye Ting's mum couldn't eat on Mother's Day when her grandma bought her MacDonald's breakfast. Her condition worsen. But when she heard that Ye Ting's asthma's breathing mask was bitten by Ye Ting's dog, she reminded grandma to get a new one. When grandma finally got the mask, she finally bid goodbye to everyone. She was still worrying for Ye Ting even in her last moment. Poor little Ye Ting, I just pray that God will guide me to take good care of her in school and that she will be able to grow up into a sensible lady.
When I saw Ye Ting's mum obituary at the wake, I was saddened to see only 1 person related to her Daughter : Rachel Tong Yap Theng, or Ye Ting. Her own mother wasn't there when she was ill. She told Ye Ting's grandma that since Ye Ting's mum was already married, she is like, in Chinese saying, "water that has been poured out". She doesn't have the responsibilities to take care of her anymore once she was married. What the **** is she talking about??? To provoke my anger further, Ye Ting's mum's mother also told Ye Ting's grandma that she is afraid of the bacteria in the hospital that may be contagious! Maybe I'm in no right to judge her actions, but this woman lying in the hospital is your own flesh and blood, isn't she? Why? Why was she denied a chance to be taken care of by her own mother in her dying days? To Ye Ting's grandma, I SALUTE YOU! Even though your own son has divorced this woman, you still continued to take good care of her, shared her bad times with her, I mean, you could have just ignored her because your son has abandoned her, but no, you persisted and perseverved, because she was once, your daughter-in-law, or just because she is just a human, who is weak and who needs someone to walk with her in her darkest moment.
Rest in peace, Ye Ting's mum, Ms Josephine Kong...May you enter heaven and is able to see God's light right now, Amen.
YNWA @ 12:58 AM
