Mother's relationship with her children.

Today my sister told me that Mother used to teach her about certain dates in the Chinese calendar which are believed to be not sutiable for moving house. She said that Mother used to tell her those dates quite often until she had memorized the dates by heart. This set me thinking...how come Mother had never even once told me? Then I realized something. Possibly Mother's relationship with Sister compared to her relationship with me could be quite different. I also remember that when Mother was not well it was to my sister, her elder daughter, that she confided in. Similarly when she was short of cash when we were younger, it was her elder daughter who was asked to go to the pawn shop. Although I always felt I was close to my Mother I think Mother was closer to her elder daughter in the matters she considered more important.

I plan to teach my sister to make blog entries on this blog one day because she would have so many memories about Mother that I do not know about. Similarly I would try to persuade my brothers to make entries too.