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Aug. 21, 2007 The past weekend, I drove through Town Park and saw a goose family of ten jogging along side of the road. The mother goose led the way in the very front. The father watched the rear with eight babies secured in the middle. They halted a few steps ahead of me. I stopped the car. The mother glanced at me for a second and then turned her head to the other side of the road. I realized what they were trying to do. (To my right lay a beautiful pond and the grass seemed greener and richer there.) “Go on. I won’t hurt you,” I waved as if they could understand me. The mother goose carefully stepped onto the pavement. With a slight hesitation, she swaggered across the road. Right behind her followed four furry babies, barely three inches tall, and then went the father with the rest of the children. It was such lovely sight to behold, so organized. Father and mother work together and share equal responsibilities, taking care of the young, making sure that they are safe. How sweet. Unlike the goose family, human relations are more complicated. As children, we automatically demand a lot from our parents. Not just a roof to shelter, food to fill an empty stomach, and clothe for warmth, but also the emotional support. We want them to understand our thoughts. Help us when we need them. Guide us when we are at lost and support our dream no matter how wild it seems and through them, we see the real world. Parents are not perfect, just like no children are perfect. We resemble their looks and personality, yet we are different from them in many ways. An old saying has that - having a baby is easy compares to raising one. Indeed, for many people, being a good parent is the toughest job in the world. How does one determine what is the best for the young? The other day, I stopped by Shop Rite to pick up a few things and saw a brand new high class Mercedes Benz pulled up to the curbside, away from the main entrance. A young man in his teens neatly dressed in white shirt and a black tie jumped out of the car, his mother handed him the store employee jacket. He put it on and ran inside the Supermarket. The mother then slowly drove off. ------------ About the author: Lin Lin, the author of the yet-to-be published fantasy adventure “For a Promise”, is a new contributor of Useless-Knowledge! Email: llin8@juno.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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