Thien Nhan's mother was surprised when her son said 'thank you for giving me a full life'

For Thien Nhan's 'great mother' - journalist Tran Mai Anh, earning enough money is difficult, making enough time with her children is even harder. It seems that the more in a hurry and need, the more people appreciate the value of each moment, the more warm they are with each other.

Hello Mai Anh, how is your day with 3 lovely boys?

Both my mother and I get up very early, waking up early will have more time to spend together every morning. Such is the habit of the children since childhood. I usually sit at the small dining table to work, while the children eat breakfast and then go back and forth to prepare to go to school.

No one was in a hurry, so everyone was doing their own thing while chatting and joking with each other. If anyone is excited, they will invite the mother and daughter to have a delicious breakfast together. Then one by one they parted, the children went to school, and the mother went to work. The youngest son, Thien Nhan, always told me before going out the door: If you need anything, call me!

When we say goodbye to each other, mother and child take care of work, study, there is no urgent matter, no one calls to check or urge anyone, anyone who needs to go out, report that if it is not finished, go home and wait for each other to cook . Many days, because my mother works late, the children study more, so they wait for each other at the same time to cook and eat late. It's also fun, a little hungry, but cooking rice together, choosing food together is very fun, so let's wait for each other.

Mother and daughter are so happy, so every time I go to work, go to the hospital to take care of other children's surgery, I go to the airport  4 am and return to the flight at the latest at midnight so that the next morning, my mother, Children and children start a new day together.

So busy, but surely you have some secret to keep the children warm even when mom is not at home?

I am really busy, taking care of 3 small children is not easy. Making enough money is hard, making enough time with your children is even harder. The only way is, every time with the children is the warmest time, the mother and daughter are happiest, and understand each other the most. But it seems that it is better, because in a hurry and lack, people appreciate the value of each moment, the more warm they are with each other.

And I know that, my children do not miss their mother, because their mother sees that her mother understands them, is trusted by her mother, and she will definitely always be there when they need it.

Have your children ever mentioned that "mother is looking for a new father" to them?

At the end of last school year, I received a small card  Hai Minh, the middle son: "Thank you for giving me a full life". These two words "complete" to me are everything, that my children do not see anything missing, their mother does not need to try to find or do anything more, or make up for them.

And if it's for my mother, it's even worse because the kids always see me happy, going to work and going out with excitement. And with my children, their mother has a strong, independent and interesting personality, so life doesn't need to depend on anything and is never boring or makes them worry.

How does the love energy you create in your home? It seems that, in modern life, it is not uncommon for parents to blame work and busyness for separating parents and children. What about you?

I work hard, play hard, love harder, the atmosphere in the family is so comfortable, there is no tension, keeping secrets, hiding or pretending.

Warmth must be built  such elements. If the distance between adults and children is the same, then the word "distance" can hardly be inserted, if so, it is not because of busy work, but just because each of us has created our own barriers. .

She used to think that family is love, not responsibility. However, nowadays, to keep a family happy, is love never enough?

For me family is love, still the same. If we love each other, in addition to the feeling of love, people will live for each other, it can also be called a responsibility, even though "for each other" to me is higher than "responsibility" because of each other, the child also sacrifices. for each other again.

Without love, there can still be responsibility, at least for the children, because responsibility is the minimum that is human to humans after all when there was a time when they found each other and created children.

What is important to you for a happy family?

A happy family is a “complete” family, as my son said. Full of love, full of efforts to work, study, full of faith and sharing.

Thank you!

Journalist and social activist Tran Mai Anh is one of the prestigious figures in Vietnam supported by the media. She is the recipient of many national honors and media awards for her philanthropic work and was recently named the most influential woman in Vietnam by Forbes magazine.

Tran Mai Anh's efforts in finding a specialist to treat her son Thien Nhan, visiting doctors who specialize in prosthetics and reconstructive surgery in many countries have helped. She in establishing the charity fund Thien Nhan and Friends. Ms. Mai Anh and Thien Nhan Foundation have invited the world's leading urologists  the US, Italy, Russia, Belarus, France... to Vietnam every year and have operated on thousands of children with birth defects. education and help children return to normal life.

Ms. Tran Mai Anh was honored as an Elite Citizen in the 1000th Anniversary of Thang Long - Hanoi in 2010, and in 2015 was selected by Elle Magazine as "The Face of a Woman", in "Top 10 Inspiring Characters". ” of Vietnam's WeChoice Awards. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Asian Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) and runs Vietnamese publications for the Metro Writers book production office. She is also an Honorary Member, VCI Tokyo Talent Strategy Institute, Japan.