Newsletter (2017-2018) April 2018 Newsletter | Page 11

She said she didn't ask me a lot about my studies
because she knew I was under a lot of pressure
from the heavy workload at school. She was
afraid her concern would make me even more
stressed, but she always paid close attention to
my condition.
I had never thought that my mom would have
such a big reaction. I realized that they didn't
look worried in front of me, but it didn’t mean
that they weren’t concerned. They just hid their
love inside and wanted to stay strong in front
of their child. And for them, I would always be
their child, in need of their care and attention.
At that moment, I started to better understand
my parents’ caring and hidden love. They didn't
ask me directly about things, but that didn’t
mean that they did not care about me. They
would like to hide their caring inside in order
to let me be independent and avoid giving me
stress. Even though the process of learning to be
independent was difficult, I was grateful that I
gained this ability through hard experience. And
because of this ability, I was not afraid of living
alone in a foreign country; years later, I decided
to go to the USA for exchange to broaden my
horizons.
Sometimes, we are bored because of parent’s
chatter, but we should understand the care and
concern behind that. Sometimes, because the
backgrounds, cultures and experiences we had
are different from our parents, we may have
diverse thoughts and even opposite opinions.
But we have to believe that they want to give
us the best, and we can solve conflicts through
communication. Sometimes, they may not use
words to describe how they love us. We should
know they do everything for us and should
understand their hidden love.
However, unfortunately, when I was on a plane,
I suddenly felt nauseous and started to vomit
after breakfast, and I couldn't eat anything else
because I would vomit again whenever I ate a
little bit. I didn't bring any medicine with me, so I
couldn't stop and felt terrible. When I went to the
clinic after arriving, the doctor told me that I was
very dehydrated and had acute gastroenteritis.
Zhuofan is a Year 3
student who studies
Psychology. She is a
Taurus, so she likes to try
many kinds of delicious
food! She especially loves
desserts!
After my mother heard that, she called me
several times and asked me to have a good rest.
I knew she was worried about me because she
gave me a phone call every day, but her voice
sounded calm. Later, however, my father told me
that my mother cried when she heard about my
experience. I was shocked at that time because
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