Cherish your Grandparents.

Today I decided to bring my grandma to Westfield for shopping. It was just a good outing day for both of us. I guess I never really got to spend proper one to one time with my grandma especially since I moved here 9 years ago.

It's funny, my grandma used to drive me everywhere when I was young and now I'm driving her =)

She told me that I used to be really naughty and used to paint my nails in her car.

I told my grandma I would buy something for her but she refused to accept anything. Her rule is : I will only steal all your money when you start working.

However, I told her about this Cash On Delivery thing I did by selling my Investments book and told her it was an "income" so she happily accepted a handbag from me and said I was "smart to earn money" and that I should not "stay home and be a housewife" but make use of my talent to "do business and earn heaps of money".

My grandma like complaining alot about other people. I used to get frustrated with it alot, but I actually like it now. I think as I grow older, I understand things better. Sad and perhaps harsh to say but grandma's already 80 and eventhough she's still really strong and healthy, you'll never know when it will happen. I just want to cherish each day I have with her before I regret.

Thus, I really do want to make use of the remaining month I have left with my grandma. I just want to be there for her, to be her listener, she was talking about all these problems and I really don't know what to say. But I don't think I needed to say anything, I did all she wanted from me is- listen.

As I grow older as well, I start to understand how old people think. When I was young, I thought my grandma would be happy with me if I bought her something nice. But now, I understand that she would be most happy with that something nice was me instead. Sometimes we could use all the money we have to buy them the most beautiful diamond in the world or shout them abonloney dinners, but I don't really think that's what they want. Gifts are a form of pleasure but the most precious gift is the time they get from their loved ones.

Sometimes it's sad because our grandparents and even parents want to know absoulutely everything about us but yet we're too shy or refuse to let them know everything about us.

I find that often the most sincere smiles I get from both my parents and grandparents is during the time where I actually sit down and just have a nice chat with them.

I'm glad that my grandma came down to Australia and I really hope I can learn how to be a better granddaughter.

The happiest day that I hope would arrive would be the day she accepts Christ as her Saviour and Lord.


Love you mama!