Sometimes, life produces the kinds of situations that
no Hollywood script writer could ever dream up.
Comical,
ambiguous,
unpredictable,
tragic.
Life is such a multifaceted thing.
These ten short stories will make you believe that
there's always room for love, kindness, and a miracle.
Frankly speaking,
the last two stories hit me right in the heart.
Story 1. My grandma called yesterday,
asking if I could look for grandpa:
he went somewhere and hadn't come back yet.
I said I would do that, and I looked at grandpa
who was wood-burning grandma's portrait at my place,
They're celebrating a 50th
Wedding Anniversary next Thursday.
Story 2. I was meeting my boyfriend's parents.
We were having dinner, and my hands
were shaking with anxiety. Of course, when I tried to
take some salad from the bowl,
I dropped it all on the table.
I thought, 'Okay, here we go...'
Then my boyfriend thrust his fork into my little
mess of a salad and started eating it!
I think I'll marry him.
Story 3. I was seized by appendicitis,
and an ambulance was called.
We were racing along. I had a terrible pain,
and I was with my girlfriend and a doctor.
Suddenly, I understood that something was missing.
"Can you turn the siren on? This is my first
time in an ambulance,
and I've always dreamed of having the siren on!"
The doctor said that the siren was broken.
As I lay back in the stretcher, upset, I heard both my
girlfriend and the doctor
begin to make a noise like a siren.
They kept it up all the way to the hospital.
Story 4. I woke up from someone breathing close to my ear.
I opened my eyes to see the
cutest Labrador puppy I've ever seen!
My parents had remembered my
dream from 20 years ago, when I was still a kid.
At that time, they couldn't get a dog because of the
small size of our apartment and our neighbors.
Now that I live alone in a large apartment,
they decided to get me a special present.
*joyful laughter*
Story 5. I was coloring a picture at the dinner table before going to bed.
So as not to forget the idea,
I sorted all the pencils in a certain order, filling the whole table with them.
My husband was making breakfast in the morning when
I rushed in screaming, "Oh, gosh! I overslept!".
Then I saw there were no pencils on the table anymore.
I was upset, but not too much - it was my fault, after all.
I went into the bedroom and saw
my pencils all on my work desk.
My husband laid them out for me in that same order!
All 50 of them.
Story 6. I study 100 miles away from my parents.
One day I fell sick with a high fever.
My dad came to drive me from the UNI to the campus.
He had to drive two hours and then back again
so I wouldn't have to wait for the
bus and ride it for 20 minutes!
He also brought me mom's broth and honey.
Well...
There are no words to explain how much I love them.
And I'll love them to my last breath.
Story 7. Looking straight at me, my dearly loved husband says,
'So much fat and yet, so delicious!'
After a minute of being
completely nonplussed,
I realized he is eating smoked fish.
He only just escaped a slow and painful death.
Story 8. She was my first love, and we were madly in love.
However, I was too young for
serious relationships and chose career over love.
Now I'm 30.
Recently, I met her in a shopping center.
She's now happily married and has a son.
We sat in a cafe for four hours, talking about everything.
We both confessed we'd had
the best time of our lives together.
Well... I came home and simply burst into tears.
How stupid I was to exchange
the love of my life for all this!
Don't let "your" people go.
Story 9. Yesterday, I chose the wrong number and accidentally
sent my dad a message saying 'I love you,'
which was meant for my husband.
A few minutes later I got a reply, 'I love you too. Dad."
I almost cried. We say things like that
to each other so rarely.
Story 10. Last week, I saw a girl who looked about eight years old.
She was talking to a dog, petting it and smiling.
Her parents were standing to one side.
Holding her by the hand, they were watching her.
It was clear from their faces that they were happy.
I later learned that the girl had autism, and that was the
first time her parents heard her
talk using full sentences.