A familiar scene

This morning, I saw a familiar scene when I was out for brunch: A mother was helping her daughter to test a new dress. I just looked at the child and smiled quietly. It reminded me of my late mother. When I was young, mama used to bring me to buy new dress when the New Year was just around the corner. That is one of the ways for a mother to show her love towards her daughter. Due to the economic stress, I could only have one new dress per year. So, I was always happy and excited when the New Year was coming. 

After graduating from secondary school and came to study in this college, I started to have chance to buy things on my own. I'm given a sum for every semester by the authority which is a financial aid for me to spend in books, food and fees in this college. I feel grateful for mama has always advised and reminded me to study hard so that I can get scolarship to support myself in study. She once said that, "You have to save money and try to get scholarship from authority as mama is getting older when you reach the age of going to college. If you don't save money, mama is too old to work for your study fees at that point of time."

With the scholarship, I manage to buy myself something that I can never have before. I have a lot of my first time experiences with my coursemates. It's such a pity that mama was not there when I bought my first dress in life and my first pair of high heels for dinner. She had missed the chances to witness all these...

Well, I miss her badly now. Hope she is doing well in the place she is in right now.

Still, pray hard and hope for the best! Cross your fingers and everything is going to be fine. :)