My dad was born in Hong Kong, China. He was one of the greatest students during his time at school. He was good at speech, sports, and music. At school, he had gotten second place in the Hong Kong high school speech competition. I loved hearing him talk about his history.
My father loved sports. He was great at Ping pong, swimming and the game, badminton too.
For music, he was astounding with the violin. He learned and taught me the piano himself. When I was little, we used to perform violin on stage together. I still remember years ago when he would stand on the balcony for hours, practicing so he could perform his songs to all the neighbors. I bet everyone was enjoying his songs...
After he had graduated from high school, he went to China SCAU(South China Agricultural University) for 4 years of college. During his years, he continued attending Ping Pong games. He was always first place at the Guangzhou college students' games. What a great student! If he had gone to college in the United States, he would’ve definitely been accepted to Harvard!
My father was great at Guangdong College Ping Pong competitions. After he graduated from college, he worked for the Guangdong Food Company as a vet doctor for more than 20 years. He was also a professor. Everyone called him Professor Deng. To treat the pig virus disease, he invested in a Chinese patent medication, successfully limiting the pig virus spread. He told me that for his work, he had been to all the Chinese airports. I still remember that when I used to go to elementary school, I could only seen my dad during the weekends since he was traveling all over different places for his professional life. Every month, when he got his paycheck, he always brought us out to a nice restaurant for lunch, or dinner. We absolutely loved it every single time!
He always bought me and my brother the things we wanted and needed. When we were little, he bought my brother a lot of toys and we always played with them together.
He always enjoyed his life, especially after he retired. He loved Dim Sum and American culture. Steaks and pork chops were his favorites of all time. He loved beer; he used to drink a couple of bottles every day. Every weekend, he ran to the Dim Sum restaurant, just so he could reserve a big, nice table, order a pot of hot tea, and read the newspaper patiently. He always waited a couple of hours until my grandparents ,aunts, uncles and the rest of us came to enjoy breakfast. We always enjoyed those perfect meals and moments. After lunch, we always went back to Grandparent’s house so we could play this game called, Ma Jue ...
In 2012, he moved to the United States with my mother because of my marriage with Jiaqing. He lived, and helped take care of my 2 sons when they were born, all the way up until 2017. This was when we found out he had kidney disease. He had to go to the dialysis 3 times a week. He had to move to the Medilodge of Milford, and had lived there up until he passed away. Unfortunately, he caught COVID around the time of Chinese New Year, 2022. During the past few months, he kept going back and forth to the hospital because of low blood hemoglobin. For about 3 months, he had to get a transfusion of 2-3 units of blood, every 2 weeks. On May 13, 2022, the nurse from the nursing home called me in the morning, saying that my dad wasn’t responding to them, and to please come. Mom and I saw him before he left us to go to heaven. I kept calling him, Mr. Deng, Mr. Deng, until he took his last breath.
Now I hear him say, "Yangyang I am home in heaven, so happy and so bright! There’s perfect joy and beauty there. I’m enjoying my new life. All the pain is over. I am now forever at peace, safe at home in heaven at last. "
Dear Dad, I’m now here, respectful and thankful that you raised me and my family. You taught me how to be a good person and a good wife. Forever more, I’ll always remember those words in my heart. Please don’t worry, dad! My brother and family will bring you back to China after COVID is over. I’m so sorry we couldn’t bring you back earlier, but I hope you would understand. For your entire life, you’ve always been an intelligent man! I love you so much and you’ll always be forever in my heart! Please Rest In Peace!
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