It was only after my mother-in-law returned to Taiwan that we suddenly realized how heavy the load on our shoulders was. We had been giving her all the responsibility for raising the child, and were only now conscious of it. In other words, the tremendous responsibility of bringing up Fang was now completely in our hands.
婆婆回台後，我們才突然感覺到雙肩沉重了起來，不為別的，只為那個我們可以把責任推卸給她的人走了；換句話說，教養方兒的大權，全落在我們手裡了，但相對的責任也沉重了起來。