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Nan-nan's name has haunted my mind for some time. It almost makes me feel trouble. I decide to write her story to give the trouble an end, or at least to make me think less about it.
Nan-nan was a girl who was near at my age. We ever lived in the same village, despite that I am living a little far from it and she lived there till she stopped her life there. What Nan-nan impressed most was her warm smile on her dark and emaciated face, from which I could always read out kindness. Another one about her that impressed me deeply was her eyes, one of which was tilted. Anout that, I learned by chance from the old in the village that Nan-nan got it hurt because she mistook a bottle of kerosene as water and drank it when she was a baby girl. Is that true? I myself dare not say yes or no. Story goes just like that. Every time glaring at her eyes, I used to be puzzled. I could not sure whether she was looking at me or not. I judged it only by the words she utterd. She would greet me warmly like this: Hi, you are back, eh? and followed with another qustion without a pause: When did you get back, then? I would answered like this: Oh, yesterday. Just yesterday. And how are you? We had the similar conversations several times as I was at my home town and we happened to meet each other somewhere
I forgot at what time Nan-nan got married, the fact is that she did get married, and her husband is her sister- in -law's elder brother. It is said Nan-nan's family was among the poorest ones in the village, therefor, no one would choose Nan-nan's eld bother as their daughter's husband. Someone soon offered the idea that there was another family that was very poor too, and that family has a girl and a boy. Why do not the two families' children marry to each other? And things went as it desired. Not long after their marriage, the couples had their children.
Half year ago, I went to visit my mother. As we chatted, mother spoke of Nan-nan and sighed: She died. What a poor girl! "What?" I was astonished. Mother told me what it was. Nan-nan's mother died of some disease and Nan-nan was too sad to bear it. She was heard to murmur to herself all day long: I desperately miss my mother. I miss her indeed. I want to see my mother." People in the cillage ignored that. They seldom realized that she was suffering from psychological illness. One day , no more than a week after Nan-nan's mother's death, while her husband went to work on their field, Nna-nan drank a bottle of poison prepared for her crops. As her husband returned, Nan-nan's life had diappeared in the world, leaving two of her young children motherless.
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- Reply sunnyv
- Such a tragic case. Feel so sorry for Nan-Nan. There are quite a lot of people near us who are living in misery and anguish. Poverty is not a crime. Adversity and tribulations are misfortunes. They have done nothing wrong to deserve such tragic consequence. Sometimes a few comforting words, encouragement or support could give a person the will and power to go on with life. Unfortunately, in this case, you are not in a position to assist her as you are working far away and difficult to offer viable assistance. Just hope she can rest in peace.
Having seen such suffering, we should all be grateful and realize how fortunate we are to live a life of sufficiency and no bitter suffering.
- Reply IMNONARCISSUS
- Yes, Sunnyv. I just feel sorrowful about the girl's. I know her since I was a little boy. Till now I can't believe she has gone to another world. Life sometimes seems so fragile.
- Reply lovingfun
- Really pity, a sad life story. But it is too real that to accept it. It is not easy to keep alive, for we have lots of things. Compare with those has gone to another world, we are more lucky in some way, for at least, we are alive, and we have utmost possibilities to achieve everything. Just as Sunnyv said :"We should all be grateful and realize how fortunate we are to live a life of sufficiency and no bitter suffering."
I hope you get peace now for you have share it to us. And hope that she may live happily in that world.
- Reply IMNONARCISSUS
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let's treasure what we possess, lovingfun !
- Reply Catherine陈
- What attitude should we have toward death ? How will we feel when facing the end of our life ? sorry ? peaceful ? scared ?
- Reply sunnyv
- How to face death? It is terrible having to leave this world not knowing where we are heading and not knowing what would happen to us after death. I am not afraid of dying but tearing me apart from all the people I care about is frightening. On second thought, death is not in my control. It is controlled up there by his almighty god. We all have to go someday and eventually we would meet again in another world, so lets face it bravely. My mentality is to tell myself that time is limited and treasure everything and life the best I can, while I can.
Catherine陈: What attitude should we have toward death ? How will we feel when facing the end of our life ? sorry ? peaceful ? scared ?
Someday, death will smile at all of us
All we can do is to smile back...
Let life be as beautiful as summer flowers
And death as beautiful as autumn leaves.
- Reply IMNONARCISSUS
- Oh, that is a serious problem. Generally speaking, keep calm to it, for death is the matter no one could shun.
Catherine陈: What attitude should we have toward death ? How will we feel when facing the end of our life ? sorry ? peaceful ? scared ?
- Reply Catherine陈
- I like collecting your comments and I want to print them out so that I can read them more times. I hope to turn them into my own and I hope I can express my mind as freely as you . Sometimes your words can exactly express what's on my mind .In addition , I am satisfied with my life . I have been lucky since I was born . So I won't feel sorry for myself if I have to leave the world .(I think I am a bit selfish without considering others.Right ?) Is there really a afterlife? In Western countries , people have belief in God. Somebody once said it was better for a person to have a "god" to believe.What's your opinion ? I wonder if I have expressed myself clearly enough . At last , I want to say I will feel sorry if I can't see your words in blogs .It seems that you have become our leader .And you make our the blog space lively . I wonder if you can understand me .
sunnyv: How to face death? It is terrible having to leave this world not knowing where we are heading and not knowing what would happen to us after death. I a ...
- Reply sunnyv
- You are such a lovely girl. Thanks for your compliments. For me, writing here is just like talking to good friends. There is no pressure at all and in fact it is quite satisfying and relaxing. By saying that you are satisfied with your life and has been fortunate since birth shows that you know how to be content. Not everyone knows how fortunate they are compared to others.
We have no control over death. When it comes, it comes and the only thing we can do is to drop everything and accept it. We all have a biological clock in our body which decides when how we grow, how we age and when we are supposed to go. We may gain a few more years by good nutrition, but eventually, we would have to face the end. Nobody knows if there is afterlife, but we have assume there is.
Everything must come to an end someday. I am not certain how long I can keep writing here. For the time being, I am enjoying the company of friends here including you. Hope you can write more to share your thoughts and I can see that you are capable of wring quite well. Wish you are a Merry Christmas and Happy New year 2016.
