妈妈好像越来越瘦了。。。 Mum seems to be getting thinner…

这是大年初一跟妈妈在教会拍的照片,妈妈真的看起来好瘦,叫人有点担心。。。
This is a photo taken with mum on the first day of Chinese new year in church, mum looks really thin, rather worrying…

想当年我大学毕业时,她身材还略胖。。。
Considering when I graduated from the university, she was still slightlly plump…

记得2003年爸爸去世过后,妈有一阵子吃不下饭,体重下的离谱,健康亮红灯。。。
I remember in the year 2003 when dad passed away, at one stage mum could not eat anything, her weight started to plummet, and her health was alarming…

后来轻微中风,记忆力消退。。。要不然她真的很棒,没读过书却能记得大卫王的家谱,他祖母、曾祖母是谁都晓得!。。。可怜她现在记性比较差了一点。。。
Then she suffered a mild stroke and her memory deteriorated… otherwise she would be really great, without any education she could remember King David’s genealogy, she knew who King David’s grandma and great grandmother were!… pity her memory is not as good now…

但感谢主,后来她食欲恢复了,有时吃的还比我多,虽然身体看起来还是那么瘦。。。看到她能吃我就开心,尽管有些东西吃了她肠胃不太能吸收,只要她喜欢我就让她吃,因我认为年纪都那么大了,能开心的吃自己喜欢吃的东西,何尝不是一种快乐?
But praise the Lord, her appetite returned, and sometimes she eats even more than me now though she still looks thin… Seeing her ability to eat makes me happy even when sometimes her stomach cannot quite absorb certain food. As long as she likes it, I will still let her eat because I think  to be able to enjoy eating the food you like when you are old is also a kind of happiness, don’t you think so?

愿神保守我亲爱的妈妈,身体健壮,平平安安,天天喜乐,阿们!
May God protect my dear mum to be strong and healthy, and to have peace and joy in her heart always, Amen!