Dear Mum,
Today I'm going to tell you something really special. I know you work very hard and feel tired every day. Every time you come home and see the messy house. , I know you are very angry with me. But you always say nothing and clean up the house .I always want to help you, but I have so much homework to do. After I finish my homework, I feel like dying. I really want to help you, but I'm so tired too.
I also want to tell you one thing, I love you so much. I usually talk back to you when you say that I don't study hard enough. But in fact I just want you to praise me more. I will try my best to get good grades and get praise from my teacher. So don't feel frustrated about my grades, OK? I made up my mind that I will study harder and help you to clean the house. I am serious this time. I will have my homework done faster so that I can have more energy to clean up the house. I will watch TV less so that I can have more time to study and get good grades. All these things are for one reason: I want to make you happy Mum. I love you!
With lots of love
Peter
It wasn't until we moved into our new home in 2006 that I found it again. It was addressed to me with explicit instructions not to open until my birthday 2005. It was now 2006 so I decided to open it. This is what it said:
Dear Sherri
By the time you read this you will be 30. At the age of 18 I had so many hopes and dreams about where you'd be, what you'd be doing and with whom you'd spend your life with.
Right now I hope that you have traveled and seen everything you've always wanted to, both in Canada and overseas, and maybe even settled down somewhere in Australia doing some research in the field of biology (genetics.
I hope you're married to the man of your dreams. The man of mine is Gwynn. He is originally from South Africa (another place I wish to visit.
You'll probably have two children of your own – a girl(Michaela Anne and a boy (name yet to be decided.
If everything goes according to plan you'll be living in Australia in a big house in a small town outside of a big city with a lot of land, a dog, Gwynn and your two beautiful children. Hopefully you have a career in the medical field, maybe doing research in genetics. Gwynn will be a computer programmer and you will be doing alright for yourselves.
However, if things don't go according to plan for you, I wish you all the love, happiness and joy in the world and don't settle for anything less than the best since that is absolutely what you deserve.
Live long, be happy and live life to it's fullest.
Love Sherri "18″
When I read this for the first time since writing it I was floored. Even now having dug this up again another 4 years later I still can't help but think this is really cool.
So much of what I wanted for myself has materialized.
I did travel to a few more places in Canada although I haven't seen everything I'd like to.I did marry the man of my dreams and yes he still is my one and only.I've traveled to the UK, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. I lived in Australia for nearly 4 years in a big house, in a small suburb, in a major city (close enough. I had a career in Biology in the field of genetics for 10 years.I have two lovely kids – both boys (names now decided.
I have not one dog but two dogs. Both yellow labs from Australia.Gwynn is a computer programmer. We are doing okay for ourselves.
After writing this I quickly forgot about what I had put in here actually. The things that materialized were all met with quite a bit of resistance (all internal but I suppose these were things that I really did want. Having never strayed too far from home overseas travel was a huge deal. Having never been away from my family moving to Australia for several years was an incredibly huge decision.
I find it fascinating how the dreams of a young and naive little girl can become a grown woman's reality.
I'm curious if you guys have ever written anything to your future self and how it stacks up to your current reality. If you haven't, will you join me in writing a letter now to yourself in say 10 years from now? It's an interesting little experiment.
“You always say that I am naive。 In your eyes, I am always the little girl who will never grow up”。 This is my favorite song and also the sound from the bottom of my heart。 You made me feel so lucky to be your child。 But I find our hearts getting further apart as time goes by。
You strictly forbid me to do entertaining activities even if I finished my homework, such as watching TV or playing computer games。 based on this, I couldn’t get any grade less than A。 It is said that genius only means hard-working all one’s life。 But I think combining exertion is the best way for learning。
The most important thing to me was that I feel frustrated for having few friends to confide in due to your strict rules。 I can’t have a play date, participate in a school play or even choose my own extracurricular activities。 Who will accept such a boring and troublesome person? I am just an ordinary girl who can’t stand loneliness, so I always feel contradictory。
On the one hand, I’m grateful to have you in my life, to disappoint you was the least I would do。 On the other hand, what you asked for me made me felt like a puppet rather than a real person。 I appreciated your efforts to pull me away from a self-indulgent life, but your obsessively extravagant strictness has pushed me into an isolated and insensible one。 I need a little freedom so that I will concentrate on something I really interested in。
Father and mother, these words were hid in my deep heart for a long time。 I love you, and I believe if you change some harsh rules。 I will have a wonderful life。
Best wishes。
Yours, daughter
Dear Mom,
Can you imagine that I am now in the United States, a country so different from China? Everything is new and interesting! I made some friends on the trip over and they have been very kind and helpful. Still, you know how much I miss you and your cooking? My mouth waters at the mere thought of those delectable Chinese dishes you prepare. Last night, my friends invited me to dinner. They had some strange ways of describing their hunger. For instance, there was“I am starving to death”,“I am famished”, and“I am so hungry, I could eat a horse”, which has a similar expression in Chinese; I am sure you know the one. How about“I am making a pig of myself”! A little confusing, hmm? Anyway, this stuff may be useful to you
as an English teacher, so I am also sending a tape. You can listen to our conversation and hear some real modern American English.
Your loving daughter,
Amber
亲爱的妈妈:
您好!
其实,我一直在内心的感谢你,您从小就一直养育我,让我好好做人,您时处以身作则,讲文明,,为我树立了好榜样,您还严格要求我,使我也逐渐成为一个讲文明,懂礼仪的小孩。
您还记得吗?又一次,我还小的时候,去到了爷爷奶奶家玩,那是我很调皮,很放肆,老是大声喧哗,还乱麽东西,您并没说我,而是在一旁默默的看着我,我很开心……
我的目光被一个小鸟所吸引,这是一只美丽的鹦鹉,它会学着我说几句话,看起来是彩色的,好可爱!我看着入了神,便忍不住探出手碰了碰。这不碰不要紧,一碰呀,可惹了事端。只听见烦躁声,鹦鹉正杂大声的对我叫喊,他似乎讨厌起我来了,我貌似也快哭了出来。
几个大人被这惊天动地的一声响吓了一跳,终止了他们兴致勃勃的谈话,一齐齐刷刷地看了过来。
“王雨珊,怎么回事?”您用严厉的目光质问我,使我冷峻不禁打了个哆嗦。
“哦,没关系,没关系。我家鹦鹉很乖的,没事,没事,”“对不起呀!”您连忙道歉,掏钱包,打算赔钱。我委屈得已经哭了,低着头默默的站在原地。
出门后,您还狠狠地教训了我一番:“不属于自己的东西不能乱碰,做了坏事后就要付责任,不得推脱,知道了吗?”我哭了,但也懂事了,懂得了一个做人处事的道理。
现在回想起来,也还思绪万千。妈妈,您应有的严厉,让我明白了许多!
有一句话说得好“谁言寸草心,报得三春晖”。因此,我现在一定要好好学习,等长大以后,定当让您享福,把您给予我的,满满地回报与您!
祝身体健康万事如意
您亲爱的女儿
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