A Mother’s Love: The Tradition of Packing Lunch Boxes

a nationDuring my school days, my mother lived 3 minutes away from the school. At lunchtime, it was common for me to walk home at a brisk pace, take out cold rice from the colander that my grandmother had hung to avoid rats, pick up some good water, roll it up, and kimchi to eat Sometimes I bring a friend who didn’t bring lunch and there is no food. dining tableshare itI pray In the winter, with friends who come to plant rice in the lower neck. GudeulWe sat around the room and ate. It was a time when even rice with water and kimchi was scarce due to the failure of my grandfather’s business. Lunch was always delicious, but I envy my friends who bring lunch. mom is The house is just around the corner disagreementdidall.
My mother’s childhood stories sit in a corner of my heart as if they were my own memories. there I am Short hair with anonymous school uniform and book clothes tied around the waist. to be a girl run to school When lunch time comes, I run home again, looking around at the children taking out their lunch boxes, even if it’s just rice balls with salt or a meager side dish. sitting on the veranda Mix radish into barley rice Eat deliciously.
wake up at 6:30 in the morning A middle schooler When I pack my daughter’s lunch box, I often young mother An image comes to mind carry out. Then me I carefully pack my lunch and go to school. In my mother’s bookshop closed Try to think about it. The square sheep is in the lunch box gait Cooked white rice, delicately rolled egg rolls, soy bean paste stew, and vegetable side dishes. enter it Clear cotton With cover clothes Close tightly. Or, it may not be suitable for those occasions, but it is a fully functional insulated lunch box. mom’s favorite It’s a seaweed soup Tofu, pumpkin, and perilla leaf pancakes Add it as a side dish a beautiful lunch box in the bag Enter it. lunch box Take it out With friends LOL Laughing and talking side dish scourging The little girl is engraved in the record of my heart as a black and white picture.
The mother, who woke up before sunrise to pack lunch boxes for her three sisters, was suffering from depression. mother in lawI was always short of sleep because I was taking care of my big family. My mother’s feeling that it felt like the wind was in my eyes even when the wind wasn’t blowing was something I could experience firsthand only after I was of her age and put spent sleepless nights in pain.
Before this, I took care of my mother The stories grow as my child grows older. More It becomes lively. Mom passed It felt like a struggle life in me Be a light He comes alive. ever My heart aches when I think of the difficult times. It’s amazingall. However, I believe that light shines through every crack between hardships. leaking There must have been moments that were so brilliant to come out.. The pure and bright energy transmitted by a child running happily down an alley with his children. that The splendor Although it is unclear Just what you can reach one.
thismy argent Do your hair My mother, who is smaller than my child, looks at me on her phone and turns white. Laughter. today How are you doing? He asks. Early morning daughterthe lunch box Cheap again today reminds me Like in a movie, we slip time and give a lunchbox to a young mother. Wrapped up minute.