106. Of everything in the world what would you like to be doing right now? Where would you like to be the most? Who would you prefer to be with at this moment?
Living in India for the past eight years, there wasn’t a day I stopped thinking about my grandparents back in Korea. Only the two of them, my grandfather and grandmother, live in a house filled with photographs of my mom, aunt and me. With both their children gone to different places—their first daughter (my mom) gone to India and second daughter away in Spain for years—they have never had the chance to stay with the rest of their beloved. I remember how they were trembling in sadness when my mom told them that she would leave for India with me. But with a warm heart, they allowed us to walk our own paths by only giving advices.
Everyday, I think of myself and the rest of our family spending time altogether in my grandparents’ house. I recall that their house was always warm, filled with their liveliness and love. I learn so much out of their daily lives. In spite of their old age, they are so hard-working; my grandmother does all the housework by herself, and my grandfather studies everyday. Whenever my mom and I visit them during my vacations, they welcome us with the brightest smiles I've ever seen in my life. And because of their love for me, I can smile even in the middle of my stressful schedule when I think about them. Just the thought of my grandparents is so special to me. In my busy life, when I want to be free from stressful and tiresome works, when I am tired and worn out, I wish to be in that warm house of my grandparents, eating the delicious, amazing food my grandmother cooked for us and listening to sometimes boring yet helpful lectures from my grandfather. That house is where my mom and I belong with warmth, love, and happiness not because of its location but because of my grandparents' presence.
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