I love you, I love you not

At the sermon this evening, our pastor, when delivering a message on sexuality and the Bible (Proverbs 5:1-23), said "Chinese are culturally reserved with the expression of love".

And how true it that. For all my life, I have tried to say "I love you" to my parents, but somehow I just could not bring my lips to pronounce those three little words. Similarly, my parents have never told me they love me; their expression of love is through actions (e.g. phone calls from mom asking me to wrap up when it's cold, home cooking delivery by dad, etc.).

I have no problem telling BB how much I love him, but when it comes to my mom and dad, it's quite another thing.