2008年秋天, 被女兒Katherine說服, 讓她參加了UT Austin交換學生的Program, 去香港中文大學一個學期. 結果書沒好好唸, 東南亞, 韓國, 中港台到處亂跑, 號稱週遊列國, 玩瘋掉了. 讓我們夫婦上了大當, 後悔不已.
今天晚飯時(08/10/2009), 女兒和我們講她到廣西去玩, 在陽朔吃魚, 被卡到一根大刺的經歷. 同學們七手八腳的把她送急診, 跑了三家醫院, 8個人天黑後在陽朔街上迷路, 分成兩批, 失去聯絡, ..., 最後去的那家醫院, 一位穿背心抽香煙的中年男子, 也不知道是不是醫生, 要她含了兩顆麻葯, 用一把看起來有一點銹的鉗子, 硬生生的把刺拔出來…, 然後8個人終於又在街上碰到了, 最後30秒鐘, 勉強趕上往桂林的車…
情節緊湊, 摒息聽完, 揑了好幾把冷汗. 這麼危險的事, 居然瞞了我們快一年, 生氣的教訓她, 以後這類事情一定要馬上通報. 她覺得it doesn’t make sense, 因為遠水救不了近火.
話是沒錯, 但是我更有理:“Hey, Pastor Wang said one time he had a fish bone stuck in his throat, couldn’t get it out for hours. After his wife giving him 30 minutes lecture, it disappeared! So, just shut up & listen …” (其實大概是王牧師被刺卡著, 想回嘴又出不了聲音, 喉嚨肌肉蠕動了30分鐘, 剌就自己掉了.)
這下輪到她儍眼了:“For real?”
“Sure! You need to go Church more often. You’ll get all kinds of useful knowledge to solve problems.”
Friday, August 27, 2010
人生的最後目標
12/18/2009查經之前, 以為標竿人生的題材就此告一段落, 沒想到王牧師要大家把'為主而活'行出來, 最後目標訂在:“躺在棺材裡的時候, 能聽到衆人懷念你是個好基督徒.”本來只希望躺在裡面的時候, 能聽到有人驚叫:“看哪! 他的手還在動.”這下子…
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Full Nest Again
My daughter Katherine was taking lunch at work with a colleague:
Colleague: "Hey, smells good, what's that?"
Katherine: "Beef noddle."
Colleague: "You made it?"
Katherine: "No, my dad made it."
Colleague: "Your dad still cooks for you?"
...
We've been back to full nest since her graduation from UT in late May. Not much fun, yet. Mom and dad are still doing a lot of things for her. The only good thing so far is knowing she has a much closer relationship with God. Almost every morning at 7:27, she is mumbling "Oh my God!" while rushing to her car (she works 2 miles away from home, from 7:30am to 4pm).
Colleague: "Hey, smells good, what's that?"
Katherine: "Beef noddle."
Colleague: "You made it?"
Katherine: "No, my dad made it."
Colleague: "Your dad still cooks for you?"
...
We've been back to full nest since her graduation from UT in late May. Not much fun, yet. Mom and dad are still doing a lot of things for her. The only good thing so far is knowing she has a much closer relationship with God. Almost every morning at 7:27, she is mumbling "Oh my God!" while rushing to her car (she works 2 miles away from home, from 7:30am to 4pm).
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
空巢組記趣
從前看基督徒, 好像在一起就只有禱告和讀經, 生活沒什麼樂趣. 現在和空巢組的弟兄姊妹們在一起, 有禱告和讀經, 也有許多的分享和關懐, 雖然有時候表達的方式粗糙了一點, 但是蠻有樂趣.
舉個例, 有個星期五, 我生太太的氣, 沒有參加查經. 弟兄姊妹們都很關心, 結果太太說: "Eric月經來了, 在家裡休息." 大家聽了都很開心, 紛紛發表意見. 最後Tony說: "Eric這把年紀, 不是早該停經了?" 讓大家更開心. 神是公義的, 兩個星期後, Tony生他太太的氣, 沒有參加查經. 因為他和我同一天生日, 所以我對他總是特別關心, 送了個Email給他:
今天查經沒有看到你, 不過也沒多想念你就是了. 只是想不通, 為什麼我們同一天生日, 你的月經會比我晚半個月來? 啊! 這就是奧秘! 小心身體啊! 想不開的時候, 狠狠的把頭撞在牆上, 你看到的每一顆星星, 都是Eugene和我給你的祝福.
過了兩個星期, Tony又沒來查經, 再補一段:
又沒看到你? 這下亂掉了! 熟地黃三錢, 當歸四錢, 白芍藥三錢, 川芎二錢, 以水一碗半, 煎至八分, 去渣, 飯前空腹熱服. 你知道嗎? 這就是大名鼎鼎的四物湯, 專門調經補氣.
舉個例, 有個星期五, 我生太太的氣, 沒有參加查經. 弟兄姊妹們都很關心, 結果太太說: "Eric月經來了, 在家裡休息." 大家聽了都很開心, 紛紛發表意見. 最後Tony說: "Eric這把年紀, 不是早該停經了?" 讓大家更開心. 神是公義的, 兩個星期後, Tony生他太太的氣, 沒有參加查經. 因為他和我同一天生日, 所以我對他總是特別關心, 送了個Email給他:
今天查經沒有看到你, 不過也沒多想念你就是了. 只是想不通, 為什麼我們同一天生日, 你的月經會比我晚半個月來? 啊! 這就是奧秘! 小心身體啊! 想不開的時候, 狠狠的把頭撞在牆上, 你看到的每一顆星星, 都是Eugene和我給你的祝福.
過了兩個星期, Tony又沒來查經, 再補一段:
又沒看到你? 這下亂掉了! 熟地黃三錢, 當歸四錢, 白芍藥三錢, 川芎二錢, 以水一碗半, 煎至八分, 去渣, 飯前空腹熱服. 你知道嗎? 這就是大名鼎鼎的四物湯, 專門調經補氣.
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