I had an argument with my sister.

We were arguing (shortly) about who has done more chores and who should be more appreciated for doing them. After that, I was really sad for a while. (Yes, I cried again as always)

After being very sad and being very negative about myself and my behavior for sometime, I poured out my heart to God. I was comforted quickly after all the emotions.

I tried to think back who has been right/wrong about the argument, but I could not arrive at one definite answer. Instead, I thought of someone else.

I thought about my mom. Who's currently away with my father and Vivian at AC. (They stayed overnight at the city and only my sis and I were home)

Right now I think back about it, the argument about getting appreciated for doing the washing dishes, preparing food, or even taking out the garbage is foolish comparing to what our mom has done for us everyday. While I was feeling unfair of just the little things I did, such as washing dishes and clean the table, I imagine how my mom should feel when she has to do these everyday and night while we are busy watching TV or surfing on the internet. Before I felt I wasn't appreciated for what I had done, because I also had to do my papers and study for exams, while my sis was just sitting there in front of the TV and laptop watching and surfing away. I realized how my mother sometimes must have felt when we didn't even say a "thank you" to her when she has done many of these things at home for us.

I'm thankful that I have this experience while my mom's away to understand how much she has done for us. I have taken this for granted that since she stay home most of the time, and since she's a "housewife", and we believe that it's all her responsibilities to do all these things for us. I never realized that sometimes I never appreciate her and even ignore her complaints that we have not done even the slightest part for ourselves.

I remember she always says the same thing to us, that "Wait till I'm away, this house is going to be the messiest..." I would ignore her or even thought in the back of my head that "Don't worry, even when you're away, I can still take good care of it." Now when I think about it, even though we'd done what we're supposed to do when she's only a day away, we already had this argument about who has done more work. (My mom should deserve a good laugh when we see us like this)

Anyways, I hope that after this, I want to try my best to help out at home. Even though I might not have eaten the food, or use the same garbage pail that often, I know that I have to learn to take part helping out at home. I thank God that He has allow this opportunity to let me appreciate more deeply about the my mom's work at home, and what others have done for me. And even though the things I've done for others I may not be appreciated either, but I know for these work I'm glorified in God. And this can train me till when I have a home of my own. LOL.