My Parents Were Delighted

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I cooked for them once again. This morning, my parents prepared early to go to church. My mother will assist at a wedding in the Catholic church and my father will attend a funeral in the UCCP church. I told my mother I will also leave early coz I will go to the market. They left before 8 and I also left at 8. Upon reaching the market, I looked for fresh fish and I should get like what I cooked before - 2 pieces of tilapia and 2 pieces of milkfish - but their tilapia were not as big as before. So I got 2 more pieces and that weighed a kilogram all in all. I also took the biggest milkfish that I had seen, it wasn't so big though. I also went to the meat section and got two pieces of big pork chops. I roamed around the market for veggies and I had seen fresh corn kernels and bitter melon leaves, so I bought those too. When I arrived home, it was only past 9 and I thought it was still too early to cook and my parents were not here yet. At past 10, I cleaned the fish and added seasoned salt while I boiled the pork. After that, I lit the charcoals and brought out the fish and meat when the charcoals were ready. It was 11:30 and they were not here yet and I was grilling outdoors and I still need to cook rice. So I covered first what I am grilling and cooked rice, then went out as fast as I can because our dogs might get their share. They came home at past 12, my mother arrived about two minutes earlier than my father. I had done grilling the second and last batch after around 5 minutes since they arrived and I placed them in a big frying pan so that I can cover it. When I got inside the house, I let my father carry the covered frying pan and put it on the table. Then my mother asked what I grilled and I said it's tilapia and milkfish. She said I should have grilled some pork, too. I told her to look at it and she smiled and she was delighted. We had a hearty lunch, and we had almost eaten all the rice that I cooked. We still have fish and meat for dinner, but I will also cook the corn and the bitter melon leaves. I may not always say or show them that I love them, but I hope these simple gestures will make them feel that I do. Have a nice day everyone!