my child-like SuperParents

Dad Mom made me worried today. Dad told me he is not in good shape via skype, and it scared the hell out of me.

Our family favorite, home-cooked yong tau foo cracked a bad joke with Dad last Tuesday. Mom used fresh fish mixed with grounded pork as the yong tau foo paste. And she didn't ground the pork herself, she got it from the market. And so, the pork were certainly not grounded very well, and a small sharp piece of porky bone were left unseen. Dad must be eating greedily, and chewed too fast. That damn porky bone landed between his tooth and gum. The shock left his gum to loosen grip of the tooth, but that is not the worst yet. Blood were rushing out like volcanic eruption, and Carol was traumatized by it. Well, maybe almost traumatized.

Hmm...Dad was rushed to the dentist. The dentist treated him properly, and some follow ups are required. Impact is, Dad might loose his tooth. His well guarded property for so many years...he begged the dentist to "keep" his tooth intact anyway possible. Just like a kid telling mommy he doesn't want to take medicine unless given a candy.

And my queen Mommy....is down with flu + cough + sore throat for almost 10 days already. And yet, she cautioned Joyce not to tell me, afraid that I might worry about her unnecessarily. Now I know about it, and yes, I am worried. But it is totally necessary. You see, there have been many cases of mutated flu/cold viruses lately. It's a global thingy. Maybe the weather changed and thus mutated the viral activities. Or it's just part of human advancements that pushes viruses and bugs to advance too. But whoever that has those symptoms for more than 5 days, not curable by medicines of norm -- must get further checks by specialists. And so do Mom..!

I knew about it when I called home to ask her about Dad. Cos Dad was just skype-ing me, and I didn't get full details from him. Once she picked the call, she didn't stop coughing. And yet, she reassured me that she is OK. Yeah...rite. She thinks she's a 3 year old telling Mommy it wasn't her stealing candies from the fridge.

At this point of time, I realized two major cross-overs in my life (at current stage):

1. I finally understand why would I make my parents upset and worry about me whenever I am not doing as they told. Insecurities and inability to take control over the safety of a loved one is worrying. They want the best for me, and they worry that I am not getting the best. Just the same feeling I have now. They are not in good shape, and I am not having control over ensuring that they get the best attention. And thus, I am worried. And the more I worry about them, and still not able to do anything about it...I get upset too.

2. Parents, as they age...are just like kids. They spent their whole life thinking they get good hold of every situation within the family like providing the necessities to me, nurturing me...give it all. Little did they know, they do cross path one day, when they should sit down and relax. Cos it's my turn to ensure they are taken good care of. To shield them from vulnerabilities, and assure them that they are as precious & magical like how I was to them.

Dad manja me again just now. He insisted to hear my voice before going to bed, and sms-ed me to call him after work. I was in a middle of moronic meeting, but once I saw that message, I called the meeting off. I told the morons to go home, take a shower, call your loved ones, and be back to work tomorrow & submit a damn process charting then. I want to call it a day. Cos I have someone waiting for me to wish him good nite, sweet dreams, sleep tight & metta.........