Mother's smile - Child's happiness

Contest Entry Code: 33f9f6c3c9a9479bb3ce2c267b652980

Unit: Cá nhân

Place of creation: Phường Thuận Hóa, Huế, Vietnam

Happiness is when I grow up, learn more things, and for the first time, I can plan a trip away from home with my parents from Soc Trang to Da Nang and then take the train to Hue. Happiness is when I still have my parents by my side, exploring here and there together, not alone during my student years traveling to many places in Saigon, putting on the appearance of a free and easy person. Happiness is when our family trip suddenly falls on a day when there is a storm in the Central region, the flight is delayed many times, the rain is so heavy that we can't see anything through the windows of the SE train to Hue, but the whole family is still safe during the whole trip and the return trip. Happiness is when I hear the driver who took my family from Hue Station to the hotel say: "Hue hasn't had any rain for months, the weather is very dry, this heavy rain is worth thousands of billions" which makes me feel like this trip of mine accidentally encountered a strange miracle. Happiness is when arriving at Hue Imperial City, the rain was pouring down, I forgot to bring an umbrella, but everyone in the family happily ran through the rain, also trying to take beautiful pictures but the pictures were not beautiful because the sky was dark and Hue Imperial City was too big, at that time I felt so small. Happiness is when arriving at Thien Mu Pagoda, the scene of rain falling there was so beautiful, when I stepped up each high step to enter the pagoda, I saw a very big snail, and also picked up a pine cone to bring home. After visiting the pagoda, I also bought a green belt that is often seen in Chinese historical films, the interesting thing is when I stepped across the Huong River opposite the pagoda, on the sidewalk I saw another snail quietly unloading its burden on a small tree trunk, slowly leaving behind a green trace of life. Nature seemed to want to tell me: "Beauty does not lie in perfection, but in the honesty of nature." Happiness is also when I accidentally discovered this contest, flipped through every image that was stored on my computer and saw "happiness" everywhere.