Love anything at all, and your heart will certainly be broken.
I suppose, it was only a matter of time I got hurt. I left church with a bad taste in my mouth yesterday. I wanted to cry but I couldn’t. I love that place, the people too much. A few incidents shouldn’t change things. Nonetheless, I was disappointed with what had happened. I felt like crying but I didn’t.
I was about to leave when little Andrew, with his big bambi eyes popped up in front of me.
“Jiejie Wai Jia, we learnt a lot today.”
I wasn’t on duty teaching Sunday school so another teacher had taught his class.
“Oh really, that’s awesome Andrew. What did you learn?”
“Er, we did a recap. Of everything!”
“Which was?”
” A recap!!”
I was about to leave when you gave me a big hug. You were so small your hands only reached up to my waist and your head was buried in my belly.
“See Jiejie Wai Jia, I have a box. I let Keean have the present. Cos I remembered the first shall be last and the last shall be first, so I took the box. And see, I’ve one sweet inside this big box. I like my box. Do you want a sweet?”
“No dear, it’s okay. You save it for yourself.”
His mother comes over, asks about his son in my class. I tell her he’s WONDERFUL to have and she beams with pride.
“But I didn’t teach him today, I wasn’t on duty. I’ll be teaching him next week.”
“Oh,” I said as an afterthought, “But I’m teaching the second service, not the first, so looks like I won’t see you Andrew.”
And then almost immediately, he turns on his bambi charm with mummy and says, “Mummy, can I attend second service next week? Jiejie Wai Jia is teaching during second service.”
I am embarrassed by this, but his mother says, “Sure, Andrew. Okay.”
And then just about this time I really feel like crying. Love you too, Andrew.
I love this place and the people too much.