In the nick of time

[Cindy]

Tuesday, August 25^th, 2009 Hot

In the nick of time

These days, when I go to Goyang Women’s Welfare Center to attend the English class, my older son accompanies me.  While I attend the class, he studies, reads books and records what he reads in the library.  After doing his assignments given by me, he plays with Nintendo DS.
  There are two buses stopping at the Center passing the bus stop near my apartment.  Each bus runs every 10 minutes.  When I and my older son headed for the bus stop, I saw both buses passing by us.  I mumbled to myself, “If I miss those buses, I have to await another for about 10 minutes.”  The distance between the bus stop and us was about 30 meters.  So, I shouted, “Sunny, run!!! The buses are coming!”  After listening to me, my son started running very rapidly and shouting, “Stop, please!!”  My son’s voice was loud enough to make me surprised.  Moreover, he ran faster than I.  For the first time, I could realize that he was not a baby anymore. 

When one was just passing the bus stop, I just stopped running and gave up boarding the buses.  But my nine-year-old boy kept running and shouting.  The other also started departing, but it stopped later.  I could know a little why the latter stopped.  Actually, when both buses approached the bus stop, the traffic light between the bus stop and the intersection had just changed into red.  The bus ahead passed the bus stop neglecting the signal, but the bus behind stopped observing the signal or listening to my son’s cry.

Thanks to my son or the driver who might have observed the signal, I and my boy could board the bus.  When I was getting on the bus, I said ‘Thank you’ to the driver, panting.  When I was looking around to sit, one woman gave me a dirty look.  Her eyes said I put her to annoyance.  Even though I felt in a bad skin due to her gaze at me, I tried to think that she might have been in a hurry to do something.

My pure boy chattered, “Mom, we could get on the bus in the nick of time thanks to me, don’t you think so?” with a great big smile.  And he added, “It’s special enough for me to write a diary.”

In spite of my son’s big words, he didn’t write a diary today.  I’m writing a diary instead.  I will ask him why he didn’t keep his words tomorrow.

[웰컴샘]

I am so glad you are back to this space. Your writing makes me happy. Good day. you are always in my thought.

[Cindy]

Thank you^^. Your kind comment also gives me pleasure. Sam, have a wonderful day!