good bye 21, hello 22

On the 21st Oct. I became 22 years old. I know from my 21years of experience that the change in the numbers itself doesn't really bring any change, but it always feels fresh to get older and to welcome a new year. I　was very happy for the whole day because I started to get messages from my friends from the midnight and I saw on the facebook that my friends from abroad were posting birthday wishes on my wall. It was really touching and I was so happy about the fact that they still remember me and consider me as a friend. My friends at school also gave me sweet words when met them. On the birthdays I always feel like to give every single person I meet a kiss and a hug, because I think it is simple a wonderful thing to get blessings for my birth, especially from people who are important and close to me. My mother, however, didn't really say anything on the mortning of my birthday because I　came back around midnight on the daybefore (not because I was playing around, I was working on my presentation !!) and she was bit upset for me coming back home late thesedays. But in that morning, I　found a brand new coat and a pink sweater hanging on my wardrobe and also a book on my desk. I knew from my grandma that these were chosen by my mother, so I felt great love from her, though she didn't say anything to me. As far as I can remember, she have never missed to give me a birthday present, and I think it is because she has been feeling bad for her to miss some of the family events"ordinary" mothers can have with there child. She had to spend most of her time on her work and therefore she couldn't come to events such as sports festival and art festival at elementaly school. Though I wasn't a kind of child who cares about one's mom being absent from school events, there were times when I felt that it was unfair for other kids to have both mother and father around them, while I had only my grandma with me. But most of the time I was satisfied and happy with my mother who was working so hard to feed me and to pay for my education,  and especially, who really cared and loved me from the bottom of her heart. I really wish if I could have said all I wrote here to my mother on my birthday, but I think I have miss the chance. I hope the fight I am having right now with her will not get worse... To maintain a better relationship with my mother is my birthday's resolution.