My son, Island Ford, is 5 years old, who studies in the children school. During the past five years, I had been away from him for only half a year that was a regretful blank in witness his growth.
When he was born on 28th of March,1999 in my hometown, while his father was still working in another city, where we had spent about 3 years together. He was a “bigger” new-born baby of 8 Jin, with healthy skin, loud crying sound. Gazing at his lovely face that was so much like a juicy peach, I felt that having my own baby seemed like a dream, so sweet and exciting dream. My dream has come true.
He was sensitive to everything, and I spent my full time taking care of him. But when he was 11 months, I had to find a job for the substance because his father lost his job and also stayed at home. Then my husband and I went to Shenzhen City and left my son to his grandparents. When I went back for their health problem later, I found I had made a big mistake. We are strangers, he was not my juicy peach any more, but a slim and dull boy. From that day on, I decided that I should never want to leave him even for a day, and I would take him with me wherever I went. In fact, the painful experience really made me think hard: it was a serious question for children’s education.
It took me much time to recall the memory of his mummy, to establish the safety and confidence from his mummy. The old chain and privity were broken due to the absence of mine. I was a full-time mummy again. About 5 months later, we become friends and when he was about 2 years old, he made many progresses in speaking, writing and hand-making. At last, he stopped awaking from his dreams in search for his grandma. His confidence and the safety from me got reestablishment successfully. He is a cute , sensible and healthy boy again. At that time, he became a fan of auto toys: cars, buses, digging machines with all kinds of sizes and colors. To get them, play them and draw them was the favorite thing he did.
When my son was about 3, my son was enchanted with “Journey to the West”, especially the Handsome Monkey King. Besides drawing auto., Sun Wukong is his idol and the favorite image for his drawing , so he has got almost all the versions of books and disks about Journey to the West till now. The most amazing thing is that he can draw his auto. and monkey king time and time again just like that Vinci Leonardo da drew his eggs .The perseverance really strikes and encourages me. At the same time, just like other children, he is of course a fan of cartoons. His strong interest in these amusing things bring much influence on me. Accompanying him to enjoy the autos. and cartoons, I also has become a fan of them. I never found before that an auto. or a digging machine had so cool and beautiful style and action, there was so great fun in watching a cartoon ,especially a classical one like Disney , and I find it much more playful than before when reading and watching Journey to the West with my son again and again. In this sense, I have learned a lot from my son.
My son is the other man (boy) of the important persons in my life besides my husband, and always occupies my leisure life. His father often comes back to stay with us, but his holiday is not too long, so looking after him is the ordinary work by myself. To witness a baby’s growth and development is the not only his (her) parent’s happiness, but also their responsibility. In every sense, my son is one of my best friends and partners with whom I can share fun and humor. I will always love him.
