The Five Moments That Convinced Parents It Was All Worth It

#4 Tragedy
An aunt also commented on the post and shared a story about the impact of a few words that her nephew said to her when her Mom was on her deathbed:

My mother had been in the ICU for three weeks, and going by various signs and her condition, we were preparing to watch her go. On her last night (just last month), at around 11.30pm, we decided to get dinner (instant noodles) at 7/11 on the first floor of the hospital.
I’d finished mine, and sat down next to my 9-year-old nephew. He said, “You go up first.” I asked why. He said, “I eat very slowly. What if it is too late?”
I immediately picked up my bag and went up. Just as I walked towards the usually-locked door, it opened automatically with the nurse in charge of my mom walking towards me. She was coming to the lounge outside of the ICU to look for us.
I started ringing my family. When I was in my mom’s room, I watched her heartbeat slow to 0 as I said, “Mom, I’m here. Everyone is here (in the hospital), and on their way here.” Her heart rate started picking up, and as my family reached the room, her heartrate was back to 8 or 12, and then it slowed again.
I am glad that because of my nephew, I was there in time to let her know all of us were there, and she could linger on just a little longer to have all of us in the room. That would have been the way she would have wanted.
I just want to say here, in the language she can understand, 媽，我們愛你。Mom, we love you.

#5 Humour
Kids say it like it is and that can be funny sometimes but it can also leave us speechless at times. Bec Bellany, a father of two, shared one of these moments.

My son was about 4. It was February and I was driving him to his day care. He had had eggs for breakfast that morning.
Jr: Dad, where do eggs come from?
Me: From chicken.
Jr: Did the chicken give away the eggs for us to eat?
Me (slightly stumped): No dear. The chicken farmers collect the eggs after the hens have laid them. Then they are sold to the store from where we buy them.
Jr: Do the chicken know we are stealing their eggs?
Me: Probably.
Jr: Why do we have to eat their kids?
Me: To survive, we need to eat.
Jr (sad and angry at the same time): Would you be alright if somebody stole me and ate me?

Been 3 years and I haven’t eaten meat/fish since that day. He forgot about it and he eats eggs and meat now, but I can’t anymore. That memory will forever be etched in my mind.

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