A few months back, my 87-year-old mom asked me on the phone when I would come to visit her. I felt the tone of her voice that she longed to be visited and so I said I will plan to do just that. I guess it’s hard to refuse a mother who longs to see her children after a long while. After living in the US for some 30 years or so, she has decided to go back home and live in the province a couple of years ago.

I was finally able to visit my mom and I spent several days with her. She was happy to see me in person and the first thing she asked was how long I would be staying there with her. When I said that it’s only for a few days she replied that it should have been two weeks hahaha! Oh well…

In one of our conversations, she complained that she was not happy with her beautician because of the wrong color for her hair. She always used black. Interesting conversation haha! My mom is a great lady. She raised 9 children — yes, I’m the eldest of 9 kids! — and she’s still healthy at her age.

One night, while we were chatting, I took some photos of her without her realizing it. I even took videos but she was unaware of it haha! Here are some of my snapshots.

If you have parents — I’m sure you do! — love them. In their old age, take care of them well.