MOooON Festival

Today's moon festival! I don't know what to say about it though.

it doesn't feel right to spent the day with friends coz it is not a festive holiday. it doesn't have fireworks like new year. or lotus lantern show like the First Full Moon holiday.

that's why Moon festival has to be spent with the family.

back at home, mom always prepares fruit platter, moon cake platter and snacks for everyone after dinner. We rarely invite guests for this occasion. it is usually just the three of us, sitting outside on the patio, enjoying the night.

the first thing mom always does is to pick a moon cake for me. If i refuse it, she will give me a lecture about the importance of eating at least one moon cake on the moon festival. however, she never cut the cakes into smaller pieces so i ended up spending the entire night to finish the giant cake.

after taking care of me, mom and dad will have the most interesting conversation.
instead of watching TV, I'd stay out with them and listen until i fall asleep on my dad's lap.
I don't remember what they talked about. (obviously it is not the contents that interested me.)
But their conversation made me feel so pleasant, it made up for having to eat the yiky greasy moon cake.

after i grow up, i don't ever take on a boyfriend who attempts to lecture me or thinks man are better/smarter than woman. i don't know why i feel so strongly about this matter.

today thinking about our moon festival made me realize why their conversations are so captivating and why i am so stubborn about being equal in a relationship. my parents' casual conversations demonstrated equality between them and the mutual respect, open mind ness they shared. I rarely see these qualities among other grownup relationship that i was exposed to at that time. so I know I want the same thing they have.

i always respect my parents for they always respect and try to understand each other at good times and bad. like most couples, my parents had rocky time in their marriage, too.

i got a moon festival greeting card from luoyi today. it reads
" happy moon festival.
I hope the ones that love you love you more,
the ones you love understand you more."

it's so sweet.

i hope my parents love and understand each other more each and every day.