李壽全-張三的歌

I said I have been loving this song since 20 years ago. remembered myself wanted to be a parent like that, not much to provide, materially, but always provide hope for the children, and love them, just love them. I thought about it again while I was driving to my work. I guess 20 years ago I hoped to have a father like that, I wasn't asking a lot, maybe just giving me hope, just like in the song, bring me to go some places, to explore, to venture, to start a new life.

I dreamed and it remained a dream to have a father like that. When I realized it wasn't going to happened, I did it myself, I hoopped on a plane in 1991, started my journey myself. The journey didn't end in Japan and it continued in the US.

The journey to the US was a risky one. I came here with one suitcase and the money for my one year tuition. You asked what I had to do after I run out of money, I would tell you I didn't know, but I had hope, I guessed I would survived. And I survived.

But I had to say that the journey wasn't a lonely one. I started it all by myself, but now we have 4 people in our family. My then boyfriend and now my husband joined my boat and I still remembered we moved in this studio with only his suitcase. Then, we saw a matress and a table in th hallway, and that was our furnitures for the entire first year. Then, we added, and added, and added, and now we have a house, steady jobs, happy kids, happy marriage, nothing else to ask for.

I believe we find our life meaningful because we lived through the hardship. And now I wonder about our kids. They have privilege to live the life that we have earned, no hardship, no worries, and can they find their meaning of life in this utopia?