我升級啦！－與孫相見I’ve been upgraded! - meeting with grandchild

12月25日聖誕節，這天全家聚在大兒子家過節。On Christmas December the 25th, the family gathered at the oldest son's house for the holiday.

她望著媳婦又尖又圓的肚子，心想預產期過了八天，全家都聚在紐約迎接了，孫子還不想出來，她不禁為媳婦擔心，將來這孩子怎麼生啊！

She looks at her daughter-in-law’s oval belly

thinking that it’s been 8 days past the due date.

The whole family has gathered in New York

to meet him, yet the grandson still didn’t

want to come out.    She worries for her

daughter-in-law,   thinking how will  

she be able to get through this!

飯後，媳婦獨坐躺椅，那神情有幾分的落寞，她忍不住地挨著媳婦身邊坐下，撫摸媳婦圓鼓鼓的肚子，忍不住地跟那未出世的孫子心靈對話。她輕拍媳婦的肩安慰著：「謝謝妳，辛苦妳了，媽媽會繼續念經回向給妳和肚子裡的寶寶。」婆媳對話，講著講著，兩個女人都流淚！

After lunch, she sat with her daughter-in-law.

The daughter-in-law sat on the  lounge 

chair  and   seemed a bit tired.  Her heart

went out to her,  so she sat next to her

and touched her   daughter-in-law’s   

tummy and had a heart-to-heart talk

with her unborn grandson.  Afterwards

she pat her  daughter-in-law  on  the

back and said:“Thank you, it’s hard

work, Mom will continue to pray for

you and the baby.” As the mother

and daughter-in-law talked,

both shed a few tears!

↑婆媳情深 loving mother and daughter-in-law

對於她的大兒子，她有太多的感動在心頭，從出生到現在，她常常以有這麼傑出的兒子而引以為榮！

There’s not enough words to express

how she feels about her older son.

Since the day he was born, she has

often been proud   to have   such a

wonderful son!

12月26日晨起，二媳婦告訴她，昨晚11點，大媳婦已到醫院待產，但是孫子還沒出來。

On the morning of December the 26th,

her younger daughter-in-law told her the

news that the older daughter-in-law had

gone to the hospital as of 11PM

last night with contractions although she

had not  given birth yet.

她打開電腦檢查她的blog，奇怪，平日流覽人數頂多700人的，怎麼突然竄升到二千六百八十，她檢查了所有文章和相片，並沒發現什麼異常現象，她雖納悶，心裡也有了點譜，也許，也許是她那未出世的孫子送給奶奶的禮物吧！

She turned on her computer to check her

blog, and a strange thing happened.

Normally there’s about 700 plus views per day,

but somehow it rose to 2,680 today. She

checked all her articles and pictures and didn’t

find anything unusual. She thought to herself

and came to the conclusion that maybe

it’s a present from her unborn grandson!

等待的心情，度秒如日！Each second feels

like a day when you’re waiting!

終於，她的手機響了！兒子告知，她的孫子，她的長孫，平安來到世間，母子平安，嬰兒身高58公分，體重4.5公斤！

Finally her cellphone rang!

Her son told her the news.

Her grandson, her eldest grandson,

has arrived safely into the world.

Both mother and daughter are fine.

The baby is 58 cm long and weighs 4.5 kg!

感恩的淚流得滿臉，她放下了心頭巨石告訴兒子：「請您先替媽媽謝謝媳婦，先替媽媽擁抱她！」

Tears roll down her face as heart

fills with gratitude. She puts down

the heaviness that was in her heart

and tells her son:

“Please thank daughter-in-law

for your mom, give her a hug for me!”

下午她和先生到醫院探訪長孫。

That afternoon her and her husband

went to visit her eldest grandson.

↑有子萬事足－母子平安 all is right in the world - mother and son are well

哇！五官端正，眉清目秀，連頭髮都烏黑油亮！她彷彿看到當年的自己，當年大兒子出生時也是超過四公斤，讓從小不愛吃肉的她，受足了苦頭，足足在醫院待了半個月才出院！而今，醫技雖進步，生產的辛苦和痛楚仍在，這不就是女性偉大的地方！

Wow! Facial features proportional,

clear eyes, even his hair is shiny black!

She remembers back in the days

when her eldest son was born, he was also

larger than 4 kg. She never liked eating

meat and had a hard time at the hospital.

It took her half a month to get discharged!

Now even with advanced medicine,

the pain and hardship of birth still remains.

This is what makes women great!

↑出生後五個小時 five hours after birth　

↓爺爺奶奶的心情  

     emotional grandpa and grandma

↓期盼－祖孫對話 anticipation-

conversation between grandmother and child

後記：孫子才來報到，這對憨厚的阿公和阿嬤，已經在為孫子的教育費作計劃，這個孫，真是集三千竉愛於一身啊！

P.S.: Grandson had only just arrived,

the simple and honest pair of

grandfather and grandmother have

already started planning their grandson's

education money. This boy, really

has everyone doting on him!

～記下這段，與眾分享內心的喜悅～

I write this to share my happiness

with everyone.