Dear Mom and Dad

Author: Zhang Guolong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: These words, written with blood and tears, love and passion, fire and ice, will leave you teary-eyed and unable to put them down if you just take a minute to read them with a calm heart. If these words fail to move you deeply or make you contemplate for a while, you must be cautious: without realizing it, your river of emotions has already run dry! Don’t panic. As long as you take a relatively leisurely moment amidst your busy struggles, turn off your phone, unplug the phone line, distance yourself from the TV and computer, and savor a cup of light tea or strong coffee, gently flipping through these ink-scented pages, all your inner ailments will heal without treatment. As you weep, the long-closed window of your heart will naturally open. You will suddenly realize that whether you are high or low, the love of fathers and mothers is always the divine medicine that nourishes your soul!
Father is a towering mountain, with a broad chest and profound strength; Father is a solitary tree standing in the wilderness, resiliently singing the songs of time’s wind and moon. Father’s love is reserved and restrained, like aged fine wine—when savored slowly, all warmth and tenderness are felt beyond words. Under the scorching sun, Mother is a shade-giving tree; in the pouring rain, Mother is a small umbrella; in the cold night, Mother is a warm hearth. Mother’s love drips and spreads into every ordinary and trivial day, passionate, fervent, and selfless.
Our pain is the pain of our fathers and mothers; our joy is the joy of our fathers and mothers; our failure is the failure of our fathers and mothers; our success is the success of our fathers and mothers. The love of fathers and mothers is an endless sea with no shore, unconditionally accepting everything about us. Even when the sea has dried up and the stones have crumbled, the love of fathers and mothers remains unchanging!