I have an uncle. He has two kids. Both of them are older than me. And both of them have been abandoned by their lovers…
My sister is a ballet dancer. She has learnt ballet in Hanoi since she was a young kid, and she has been far from family since then. And she had a tall handsome boyfriend. And they came to Saigon to visit me, together. And she was pregnant, after that they decided to get married. And they took a lot of pictures for their wedding. And the boy’s gone. The last time he came to my house and asked for a sleepover, he seemed strange. But I did have no idea or no second thought. Because I did not think it would go this way. It has been told that his family did not approve and his mother has said something with her son…
My brother is not the kind of person who has some certain certificate. He had a girlfriend whom I just met once or twice. And they had a kid when she’s still a student. And they’re married. And they seemed still fine with their little cute daughter and their small business. And one month ago, the mother’s gone with her child. And now, my brother is here, Southern, to find his wife and child. He found the house, but not the family. He checked on facebook with all his friends and hers, he sent a lot of yahoo messages, and it must be a lot, a lot more with SMS. The search is still pending.
If I can tell something nice to my sister to wipe away her sadness, because we – her, her boyfriend and me – are young, are single, are so not ready for any long commitment, I have no idea what to tell to my brother. I have no idea what we should do, or WHAT I SHOULD DO if I were him. It’s so like a novel I have read somewhere. And I’m so naive when thinking that it is not easy to see.
My cousins are so strong.. When I write my Christmas cards in this winter, when everybody’s excited with the holiday, they are abandoned by their lovers, and they talk to me (or pretend to talk to me) so happily and normally, either by phone or face to face. Hope they’re fine, they’re loved, and they’ll manage to find a happy family.
Human can make a colder winter than the snow out there…
