Where human love is forever warm

After my friend's call, I immediately turned around to check one last time the bags of clothes that had been separated into adults and children. A few essentials that were easy to transport and could be used immediately. These past few days, following the news of the storm and flood in the Central region, my heart felt like it was being squeezed. Just thinking about the scene of people struggling to fight the flood, enduring hunger and cold, surely not only me but every Vietnamese person felt sad in their hearts.

I am also a child of the Central region, where every year there are several big storms and small floods, but my hometown people are always optimistic after the losses, because as long as we try, there is still a future.

I still remember clearly the storm No. 5 when I was a child, in that young memory, all around was water, my parents quickly gathered belongings, books, clothes and put them on the roof. At that time in my hometown, every family had an attic to store things for the rainy season, it was called an attic for show but in fact it was just a few beams tied together firmly.

Every year, my hometown experiences the rainy and stormy season as a "specialty" of nature that no one wants. For us at that time, the joy was that our clothes and books did not get wet or were not swept away by storms and floods. The greatest happiness was when the whole family gathered together to share handfuls of sweet potatoes after the storm passed. Happiness was also when the neighbors joined hands to clean up and rebuild their houses, then joked together to forget about poverty. In recent years, the rain and storms have become more intense, following the news, we saw water up to the roof, for someone who has lived with storms and floods like me, that scene was truly heartbreaking.

I left my hometown to live and work in another land, but my hometown is the place that holds and hides the joys and sorrows of my childhood. It is also the place that loves, protects and embraces me and many other villagers. It is very difficult for people to overcome nature, but they always know how to love and embrace each other to soothe the pain and loss caused by nature.

I feel so happy and lucky to be born in the S-shaped strip of land, although the country still has many difficulties, the spirit of solidarity and "mutual love" has become a precious tradition of the nation. Surely when the storm and flood pass, difficulties will pile up again, but I believe that with the resilience of the people of the Central region, combined with the practical support policies of the Party and the State, and the love and care of the people of the whole country, it will soon help people stabilize their lives.

Relief convoys from all over the country are still following each other day and night, carrying the hearts of countless Vietnamese people towards the beloved Central region. I can only contribute a little bit of necessities, hoping that this little bit of affection will help warm up my fellow countrymen.

Every time I hear the song "Red blood, yellow skin, I am Vietnamese, today the sea and sky join together in the Central, North, and South...", I see pride rising in the corners of my eyes. From now on, our Central compatriots will firmly overcome all difficulties to continue building their lives, because beside them there is always the Party, the State and millions of Vietnamese hearts joining hands and contributing. And to me, happiness is sympathy and sharing from the smallest things.

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