a sweet but silent call

my heartbeat always goes up whenever i got phone calls from the daycare - could rafael be having a fever? oh no, could he have broken his head?

this morning the school rang and amid the heavy pounding of my heart, i managed to hear the words of the teacher: "rafael said he didn't see you this morning and he missed you, can you spare a minute to talk to him?"

oh yes oh yes!!!

rafael wasn't speaking at all during the "conversation" and it was only me who kept saying "mama will see you soon tonight" but his silence already brightened up my day.

i just wish he could be as sweet as i return home tonight - you know what, sometimes he could refuse to hug me and turn away from me, especially at times when i need to work overtime.

and one month later rafael is going to start nursery class at a new school, i just wish the teachers could be as patient to make these sweet calls for him and me.

工作其間收到育嬰院的電話總是令人心驚膽跳－－該不會是發燒吧？還是跌破了頭？

今日又收到老師來電。

"靖愷媽媽，你有空嗎？靖愷說他今早沒看到你，說甚掛念，你現在有空跟他談嗎？”

有！有！當然有！

電話另一頭沒有傳來甜言蜜語，我甚至連一聲媽媽也沒聽到，但這通電話已夠我樂上一整天。

再過一個月你便要轉到新學校上幼兒園了，唯願那兒的老師也會有如此耐性，聆聽你微小的要求。