【Humans of Taipei】姊妹相依偎

The older sister-
“I work here and my younger sister is going to high school this year. We had 6 people in our family. Our parents passed away. Now there are only 4 of us. Dad had cancer for years and we thought he would be the first to leave us. But our mom died before him, suddenly and unexpectedly. It was the year when my younger sister was still a 4th grader.”

The younger-
“It was in the afternoon and I went to mom’s bedroom and asked for her permission to go swim. I couldn’t wake her up. She’s not breathing and had no heartbeat by then. The doctor said it was SAH (Subarachnoid hemorrhage) and she might have had brain tumor.”

The older sister-
“It was a bit strange and maybe a coincidence. That morning our oldest sis had a bad fight with mom. She went out and suddenly had a thought. She came back and said sorry to mom. A few hours later, mom’s gone. If it wasn’t for the apology, she would live in regret for her whole life…”

“We lost our dad to cancer in the first year my younger sister went to junior high. I doubted God’s plan. I asked Him why He made us orphans. Later I thought He might do so to make us see things differently.”

The younger-
“Humans all die sooner or later. God let us experience all these earlier than everyone else. Although on Parents Day at school, no one from my family attends, I still feel the love from my brother and sisters, and other members of my church. They always look after me. I also join skateboarding with friends I met in church. When skateboarding, we do fall. But it’s ok, just get up and everything will be fine.”

姊姊：「我在這邊上班，我妹妹今年升高一，我們家原本有六個人，父母過世後，只剩下我們手足四人。爸爸罹癌多年，本來我們以為他會先走，想不到媽媽在妹妹小四那年，卻突然過世。」
妹妹：「那天下午我想去游泳，要問媽媽可不可以，可是媽媽趴在床上叫不醒，已經沒有呼吸心跳。醫生說是蜘蛛網膜出血，可能是本來就有腦瘤…。」
姊姊：「說起來有點玄，那天早上我大姊跟我媽媽吵架吵很兇，大姊在外面突然有個念頭，就回來跟媽媽道歉。隔幾個小時，媽媽就走了；如果沒道歉，她恐怕會後悔一輩子…。
「爸爸在妹妹國一時，也因為癌症過世。我曾質疑神的安排，為什麼要讓我們變成孤兒？我覺得神是想讓我們更懂得珍惜吧！」
妹妹：「我覺得人都會死，神只是讓我們提前經歷這些。雖然我的家長會沒人參加，但哥哥姊姊、教會的朋友都很照顧我，我溜滑板，就是跟教會的朋友一起。有時沒注意凹洞，也是會摔跤，但跌倒了，再爬起來就好。」
— 在新光三越信義新天地 香堤大道。