{"id":1588,"date":"2018-10-09T01:59:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2018\/10\/09\/miracle-happened-after-they-took-skydiving-from-14000-feet\/"},"modified":"2024-12-21T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T07:46:16","slug":"miracle-happened-after-they-took-skydiving-from-14000-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/miracle-happened-after-they-took-skydiving-from-14000-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Miracle Happened after They Took Skydiving from 14,000 Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"

More often than not, we tend to neglect our parents as we let our own daily professional<\/a> and personal lives reshuffle our priorities. We get distracted by the little things and don\u2019t realize we should have spent more time with the people who raised us unt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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More often than not, we tend to neglect our parents as we let our own daily professional and personal lives reshuffle our priorities. We get distracted by the little things and don\u2019t realize we should have spent more time with the people who raised us until it\u2019s too late. Their death leads to sorrow and regret\u2026 Lots of regrets.<\/p>\n

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In March 2013, when Mr. Gu read his 70-year-old father’s medical examination form and wrote ‘in the terminal stage of gastric\u00a0cancer’, his world instantly<\/a> collapsed.<\/p>\n

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This news<\/a> was shattering. After years\u00a0of struggles, their life had finally gotten\u00a0better and better. He was born in\u00a0the\u00a0countryside and eventually enrolled at the prestigious\u00a0Peking University. Mr. Gu was the pride of his parents: he worked hard and climbed up the corporate ladder to become\u00a0a\u00a0senior leader of a joint venture. He also became a freelance\u00a0photographer by following his own passion for photography and was often contracted by\u00a0well-known institutions such as\u00a0the\u00a0World Press Foundation and\u00a0the\u00a0Xinhua News Agency. “I always think\u00a0that my parents are in good health<\/a>. Life is a long\u00a0journey, and I have a lot of time to accompany them. I never thought that they would get\u00a0old overnight.”<\/p>\n

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(Mr. Gu and his parents)<\/p>\n

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80% of his father\u2019s\u00a0stomach had been removed\u00a0during surgery, which was then followed by a series of 6 painful chemotherapy sessions. After that, his father was never the same\u00a0–\u00a0his\u00a0weight dropped from 65 kg to just over\u00a040 kg\u00a0with a bony look that rushed a sense of sadness into Mr. Gu.\u00a0 \u201cI kind of knew by that point that my father\u2019s health was gradually deteriorating and that he would soon pass. I\u2019d never felt so much emotional pain in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Another disaster came\u00a0around\u00a0when his mother returned to her hometown in 2014 to visit her relatives\u00a0and\u00a0was involved in a car accident, which led to a fracture of her\u00a0pelvis. She\u2019s had to rely on crutches to move around since then.<\/p>\n

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After experiencing one blow after another, the grieving Mr. Gu\u00a0began to reflect: we don\u2019t spend enough time with our parents and the people who\u2019ve cared for us! I always think \u201cI\u2019ll go see then another time\u201d but that keeps on being delayed and delayed until the point where there will be no one left to visit. Don\u2019t make that mistake and let it become a lifelong regret. Give them the attention and companionship they so deserve.<\/p>\n

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There are many ways to do that, and\u00a0Mr. Gu chose an unusual approach: he took his parents on a beautiful trip to Australia to visit their grandson!<\/p>\n

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When their\u00a0relatives and friends heard about this idea, they immediately became worried. Not only did\u00a0his parents rarely go\u00a0out, but they also feared that his father\u2019s health and body would not be able to handle it. But Mr. Gu thought otherwise: \u201cWe know there\u2019s no way to fight and kill his cancer at this point,\u201d he said, \u201cso instead of having him be bored out of his mind at home and wait for death to come knock on his door, I thought we should take the opportunity to have him live whatever bit of life he\u2019s got left to the fullest.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(The timing couldn\u2019t have been more perfect as his parents were about to celebrate their 50th anniversary.\u00a0Mr. Gu prepared the commemorative T-shirts\u00a0in advanced.)<\/p>\n

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When Mr. Gu shared\u00a0this idea to his parents, he never thought that they would be up for it. Instead, after a bit of persuasion, his eyes were filled\u00a0with eagerness.<\/p>\n

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In the autumn of 2015, his parents’ health was\u00a0getting better\u00a0and went on their trip as originally planned.<\/p>\n

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At the moment of boarding the plane, his mother leaned on his father’s shoulder, from tension to excitement, as he started writing<\/a>\u00a0the first draft diary with careful attention while his wife observed.<\/p>\n

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From the moment they took off, Mr. Gu was afraid to miss every piece of his parents’ memory.<\/p>\n

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When the airplane landed in Melbourne, they couldn\u2019t wait to go to the University of Melbourne to visit\u00a0their grandson.<\/p>\n

The ancient architecture\u00a0on campus\u00a0is beautiful, stepping onto the path of birds and flowers, as if the whole world had gotten\u00a0silent.<\/p>\n

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On their\u00a0way to Canberra, the sun was slowly setting. Mr. Gu\u2019s father began moving around excitedly, as if he had recovered the energy of his younger self: \u201cI have never seen such a beautiful sunset,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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On the seaside in New South Wales, his father picked up the kelp and danced happily. He said it reminded him of Chinese dragon legends.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were walking on the\u00a0side of the\u00a0road\u00a0when\u00a0my father saw an old tree and said to my mother: \u2018I can climb this tree! Want to bet??\u201d Before his wife would even get the chance to think about her answer, he jumped off and started swinging around tree branches like a monkey. This is a beautiful and mesmerizing moment.<\/p>\n

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His father\u2019s first\u00a0helicopter ride.<\/p>\n

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The first time they saw the sea in Geelong, Victoria, they insisted on wandering along beach\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0rain.<\/p>\n

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And\u00a0a variety of yachts.<\/p>\n

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Gorgeous\u00a0starry skies.<\/p>\n

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They looked like young couple in love.<\/p>\n

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They lean against each other and enjoy the sunshine on the hillside meadows.<\/p>\n

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Put on eccentric flower clothes, a scornful look.<\/p>\n

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Selfie time.<\/p>\n

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Their optimistic and confident emotion affected strangers beside them.<\/p>\n

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Parents and a group of Korean young people sang ‘Merry Christmas’. After the young people learned about his father’s physical condition, they were encouraged. “As long as you are full of hope of the world, life can come back.”<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0father learned the guitar for\u00a0a\u00a0few days\u00a0while\u00a0at the University of Queensland.\u00a0He sang for the camping college students\u00a0and for a moment, he forgot was actually in critically ill conditions. He felt alive.<\/p>\n

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On December\u00a08th, he brought a large bouquet of wildflowers to his wife, dropped to his knees and proposed.\u00a0Her eyes were watering with emotions.<\/p>\n

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My father said: \u201cWhen I was young, I was poor and I didn\u2019t give your mother a decent wedding. Today I want to re-propose to\u00a0her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subsequently, they went\u00a0skydiving from 14,000 feet to commemorate their half-century-long\u00a0marriage.<\/p>\n

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After 88 days of travel<\/a>ing and\u00a0tens of thousands of kilometers,\u00a0his father had regained confidence. “I figured it out now,\u201d the ill father said.\u00a0\u201cIf I treat my disease with positivity, I believe that my\u00a0body will get\u00a0better.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And suddenly, just when everyone thought the father\u2019s life would soon come to an end, a miracle took place. After returning home from their incredible journey around Australia, his health unexpectedly began to improve! He gained 5kg after not being able to put on weight for so long and with that came a stronger appetite. Mr. Gu\u2019s mother also felt better after their trip by slowly getting used to moving with her crutches. They physically looked a lot better than they did before their trip, and were already thinking about where their next adventure would take them.<\/p>\n

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We also find excuses not to visit our parents: we\u2019re too busy, we live too far, and we\u2019ll come see them another time. But don\u2019t make the same mistake many others have made in the past. Stop making excuses and take advantage of whatever time you have left with your parents now. Life is far too short and full of unpleasant surprises to do otherwise.<\/p>\n

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