visit to a happy family

Today we got invited by my mom's friend to a local pre-lunar new year gathering.Before setting off for the gathering, we were invited to visit the friend's house. The house is imbued with loving family photos and cozy decors. Pictures spread across the room displaying bright smiles all over the place. This is a typical middle-class family with two daughters and the parents. The older daughter has already graduated from college and lives in NY for work while preparing for her engagement; the younger daughter is only fourteen who has a passion in drawing and singing. This reminds me of how I used to be when I was at her age, we shared the same passion, yet with disparate family backgrounds. I always dreamed of living in a complete family where I could play the loving daughter cuddled by father's protection and mother's tender cares. Dreams are still dreams, even though it will never be realized, I'm still cool with how I brought up to be by a single parent.

The house felt warm and welcoming. I have never had such a pleasure of being in a stranger's house, and I'm glad my mother is making progress in finding new friends. I hope they are nice people and willing to accept us as their friends. If we get rejected again, I honestly doubt we will ever be able to form any connections in the community, it is such a difficult task for a single woman to blend in since people are less willing to put trust in others as they grow older, and most people in my mom's age have family, thus jealousy intensifies among the wives when a single woman is being introduced.