Thoughts on My Mother's Birthday 母親生日感懷

Just called my dear mum in China to wish her happy birthday. I never forgot her birthday; and would always call her on this day ever since I left China in 2001. 

剛剛打電話給身在中國的媽媽，祝她生日快樂。自我2001年離開中國後，每年她的生日我都會打電話給她。
However, when I heard she saying that she was already 76 years old, I felt a little "shocked" somehow . I only remembered her birthday, but seldom tried to "calculate" how old she was. For me, mum in just mum, forever my dear mum. Still a little bit difficult to cope with the fact that she is already 76 years old. How fast time is flying!

今天當她在電話中提到，她已76歲時，我居然覺得有點小吃驚。因爲雖然我總是記得她的生日，卻好像從來沒計算過她今年已經多大了。在我心中，母親就是母親，永遠的母親。而「76歲的母親」，讓我的思想有點一下子轉不過彎來。

母親已經76歲高齡了嗎？時間過得這麼快嗎？

想到這點，自離開中國以後的離多聚少，真是讓人心中黯然。
Good news is, she told me that she had NOT been harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for a while now. 

不過，好消息是，她告訴我，最近一段時間，中國當局沒再騷擾她了。我不知這是否與我去年寫的這封致川普總統的公開信
(https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2017/11/4/an-open-letter-to-president-trump-regarding-his-visit-to-china?rq=Trump) 以及這篇媒體報導有關：
https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2017/11/6/china-warns-lady-dont-contact-trump-so-she-writes-an-open-letter-exposing-the-unbelievable?rq=Trump

I am not sure whether it was because my "Open Letter to President Trump Regarding His Visit to China"(https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2017/11/4/an-open-letter-to-president-trump-regarding-his-visit-to-china?rq=Trump), as well as this report: 
China warns lady ‘don’t contact Trump,’ so she writes an open letter exposing the unbelievable
https://www.jenniferzengblog.com/home/2017/11/6/china-warns-lady-dont-contact-trump-so-she-writes-an-open-letter-exposing-the-unbelievable?rq=Trump
For me, I always believe that we shouldn't keep silent when evil things are happening. We need to expose them.

不過呢，就我來說，我一直相信揭露邪惡總是對的。保持沉默就是在幫邪惡的忙。
再次祝親愛的母親生日快樂！
 

My mother when she was young. 母親年輕時。

Photos: My dear mother and father when they were young.圖: 我父母年輕時。

My mother when she was young. 母親年輕時。

My mother when she was young. 母親年輕時。