Still 45 Days Left

by How Tung
(China)

My mom is in the United States for a vacation with my sister and her family for a month a half. She has only been gone a day and my dad is already miserable. Can you believe that? He keeps looking at the coffee machine that they have and used for quite some time now. He looked so pitiful with his cup of coffee and left over coffee that I could not take it. In fact, I am already asking around for a great single cup coffee machine for the times when my mom (or my dad) is not around. Left-over coffee reminds them that one is missing. My mom is still 1 month and 15 days away. It is still going to be a long wait. So why prolong his misery when he does not have to look at it the whole day. He can just use a single cup coffee machine and ease the pain of the one left behind.