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Archives for April 23 2004
I give credit to the anonymous photographers who took these touching pictures.
Mother's love
Mothers and their child…
This is life…
Amidst Rain and Wind
Your elderly mother and little children are waiting for you to come home with the day’s wages.
Coal Carrier
Wang Zhizhong worked as a coal carrier. Carrying a basket of coal weighting 40kg (88 lb), he made his way up a 100m deep mine, and then walked a distance of 1000m along a mountainous track. For each trip, he made 1RMB (0.125 USD). He was 17.
Together, through Warm and Cold
(Photographer: An Hejie. Market Place, Town of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia)
Beyond the northern (Inner Mongolia) frontier, spring has arrived but the cold weather lingered on. Snow fell on this April morning. Flakes danced in the sky. A middle-aged man tended to his cart, on which sat a little boy, wrapped up with blanket used to keep the vegetables from freezing. From time to time, the father would tuck at the blanket to make sure that his son was all right.
These are the words from the photographer: “Set in the dark and shadowy background and the dancing snow flakes, the pink puffy face of the little boy stood out in great contrast to that of the father which was apparently shaped by the caprices of life. And life was indeed harsh. Father and son only have each other for support. When the father yelled out a sales pitch on top of his voice, his facial expression was shockingly touching. One cannot help but be moved.”
No rose, no diamond ring, but if this is not love, what is love?
After you saw those pictures, would you grumble to the Lord? Just give thanks for everything you have in your life.
