Happiness Showed Up All Too Sudden

Last night when I called my mom, she told me that she was cooking for a big party -- all my uncles from my father's side and their family were coming to lunch and dinner. Knowing that my youngest brother (cousin in the western culture) has brought his girlfriend home, I asked Mom how much she thinks the girl looks like me. Everyone who has seen her picture says that she and I look like each other. I had similar feeling too when I met her in person the summer before last one, only she is so young and pretty.

Out of my expectation, Mom asked me to repeat my question, two times. At the moment I was guessing that the girl looks even prettier to my mom than to me. Then Mom said, "How come you think she looks like you? She is not even close to your other brother's girlfriend. How could she be comparable to YOU?!"

I was first shocked. Then I hung up the phone and ran downstairs and yelled to hubby, "she does think I am pretty! She does think so!"

I never believed I was good looking, not even to my own mother. When I was little, Mom used to say that I had a face like a basin, the kind we used to wash our faces. As I grew up, whenever someone came to tell me something about my appearance, I believed that they were just trying to be nice, or at the best, I accidentally fall into their tastes. Now I am old and matured enough to not even mind this skin deep issue any more. But I never knew that it actually matters so much for my inner self how I look in my mother's eyes!

 

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• 我也喜欢你的小故事们。 -北京二号- ♀ (113 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 18:58:34

• 二姐当然是美才女。。IQ自不必说，还有毅力和自信， -beautifulwind- ♀ (104 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 18:53:53

• 美风私心也很重呢！：-） -北京二号- ♀ (171 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:03:38

• 好，等着！：）咱美队大大落后，我着急啊。：）这个也算数，对吧，RC？：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:05:01

• No! 这个不算数！ -北京二号- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:06:32

• 哈哈，知道你是精益求精的人。好，那就不算数了。：） -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:13:24

• 有[美队]就算数!哈哈! -rockcurrent- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:40:14

• Wasn't she a pretty bad mom? -北京二号- ♀ (226 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 19:31:51

• It's so nice to have companion! :-) -北京二号- ♀ (323 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 20:14:26

• I look forward to your laughters. :-) -北京二号- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/04/2013 postreply 20:16:00

• 新high革命, Beijing No.2 -走马读人- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 08:23:40

• 这个这个，我真的没有clue了。 -北京二号- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 09:38:05

• Don't you see that your Mom was flattering you？！ -聚曦亭- ♀ (120 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 08:40:34

• Don't you see that your Mom was flattering you？! -聚曦亭- ♀ (236 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 08:42:30

• Highly possibly! You are wise! -北京二号- ♀ (209 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 09:36:14

• P.S. I was joking like always. :-) -北京二号- ♀ (0 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 12:30:54

• You are one of the most beatiful women here -bmdn- ♀ (283 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 09:49:25

• My next goal: to become one of the most handsome. :-) -北京二号- ♀ (260 bytes) () 02/05/2013 postreply 12:35:00