On Friday, there was a violent shooting of innocent bystanders at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York. Jiverly Voong, a forty two year old Vietnamese immigrant, was identified as the shooter. They say that Voong had just recently been laid off from his job, and was angry at the people who made fun of him being an immigrant. Reports state that his way of retaliation was to harm others. Voong ends up killing as many 13 others, including himself. Unfortunately, this is not the first that someone has killed innocent victims. Remember Columbine and Virginia Tech?
This made me realize that you never know when something tragic will occur. It's important to cherish every moment that you have with your family. The tragedy in Binghamton leads me to think of my family.
My mommy’s birthday was on Saturday, April 4th, 2009. My sister came up with the idea to visit one of our favorite diners Royal Coach on Boston Road in the Bronx. My sister and brother in law got the kids together early that morning and came to the house to surprise her.
Every time we go to Royal Coac, my mom makes sure that she reminds us to get the hot chocolate with whipped cream on top (not that she has too because it's so darn good). Our waiter brought it to the table one by one. I grew very impatient because I was close to the last person to receive mine. I secretly used my spoon to steal some whipped cream off of everyone's hot chocolate. After getting caught, of course they stole some of mine. That little playful gesture sent laughter all around the table. My nieces and my nephew thought that it was hilarious.
To me, that's what family is all about. My family is not perfect, but we make one another happy. When we are together we live in the moment, we make one another laugh, and we spread love and joy to each other. I love my family and all of the joy that they bring me. If I shall ever lose one of them due to something senseless, it would be heart breaking.
Not everyone has a special bond with their family. I think that your relationship with your family is extremely important. For me, I would not be who I am today without those special people in my life. So I intend to cherish every second I have with them by living in the moment. Who knows what tomorrow brings? The victims in Binghamton didn’t, but I am certain that if they did they would have lived it up the day or hours before their life was taken away.
What do you do with your family that makes you happy? Is there a place that you visit with your family frequently? Is there a significant keepsake within your family?
Please do share.
Pics of our family fun @ Royal Coach to come shortly.
And please check out Nakedwithsockson.com. Coincidently we both speak about family today and I think it’s some great topics covered.
Monday, April 6, 2009
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Oh I love it! Of course family is very important. At the end of the day it's all you have. Family is one of the only things that are real in our life, you don't have to pretend or put on an act for them, you can just be yourself! Glad you got to spend sometime with your loved ones. And I'm check this Naked with sock thing out they follow me on twitter and I didn't know what they heck it was. lol.
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