She's not going to school for the rest of the final week, not because she wants to skip class but her grandfather is really sick. She's going back home to see him for the last time.
She told me her mom was a really tough woman, who sometimes doesn't even care about her. I told her "no way, mom care about us the most."
And she said "you don't understand."
Her mom wouldn't let her go home and reason was not very convincing. "the airfare costs too much." "don't come back. you won't do any good and grandpa would still be sick."
"See? it's her father for crying out loud." She looked depressed.
When my grandfather passed away a year ago, I was still sleeping in my bed in San Francisco. A midnight call from home was never a good thing. My mom, who cried hard told me on the phone that my grandpa left us forever. I wasn't totally awake and asked her "what are you talking about?"
"My parents are all gone. I don't have any of my parent." My mom said on the phone.
Then I told my friend that she should go back no matter how expensive the ticket is. She needed to see her grandpa.
And she went back.
She texted me a few days later telling me that her grandpa left and he was waiting to see her. Now he has no regrets.
She also told me that she was in shock because her mom cried so hard, which was very rare, because she never cried before.
"All she did was to pretend that she didn't care, but actually she cares, a lot." My friend texted me.
"Of course she cares. Now you have a better understanding of what your mom really is about, right?" I told her.
"Grandpa left is a bad thing but for somehow it bounds my mom and I together a little bit better than before."
"Yes, you mom is the person that cares the most about you." I told her.
No matter what we do, who we are, where we are. Our mom, the most caring person in the whole world will never leave us.
They are still here.
