1. Looking back on the past journey at this moment-Guo Chen's happiness and health now, every time I think of my mother Chen Zhaodi's voice and smile, my heart is always filled with deep nostalgia
In a quiet neighborhood in downtown Beijing, a warm and harmonious family is sharing the joy of family. Guo Chen hugged his extremely lovely daughter, his face rippling with endless happiness and joy.
As a husband, Zhang Bo has just returned from a fierce basketball game, and when he sees his wife and daughter's happy scene, his subtle smile reveals a full sense of satisfaction.
Guo Chen carefully settled his daughter in a comfortable crib, and the little baby stretched out her immature hands and babbled with joy. Then, Guo Chen walked slowly to the coffee table in the living room, where a beautiful photo frame was quietly placed.
She gently picked up the frame, her eyes darkened, and she stared at the precious photo of a family of four that she had made herself.
In the photo, she and her husband Zhang Bo are smiling brightly, their daughter is lively and cute, and the most eye-catching is undoubtedly Guo Chen's late mother Chen Zhaodi. When Guo Chen saw her mother's face again, tears quietly fell, and she whispered to the photo: "Mom, can you see it?" I am very happy to have a loving husband and lovely children, but I still miss you a lot.
Chen Zhaodi was the soul of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and as the main receiver, she led the team to win the 1981 World Cup and the 1982 World Championship.
She is a female ranking player who can never be surpassed in Guo Chen's heart, and she can be called a legend in the sports world. However, fate was so ruthless, when Guo Chen was 10 years old, this tenacious and unyielding athlete who turned the tide died of illness, leaving only Guo Chen and his father Guo Xiaoming to rely on each other.
Now Guo Chen has entered the age of 36, and she has experienced the death of her mother, her beach volleyball career, college graduation, career work, love, marriage and childbirth.
Whenever she recalls her mother, who raised her as an adult, she always has mixed feelings, both grateful for her mother's nurturing grace and regretful for her untimely death and not being able to witness her happy life now.
2. Mother Chen Zhaodi's brilliant women's volleyball career and her outstanding athletic achievements
Looking back on her mother Chen Zhaodi's women's volleyball career, it was a time full of blood and glory. In the 1981 World Cup final, the Chinese women's volleyball team faced the powerful Japanese team.
The game became more and more intense, the players on both sides competed for each other, and the atmosphere on the field was as tense as a powder keg. At the most critical moment, Chen Zhaodi and teammate Sun Jinfang collided at the moment of shooting, Chen Zhaodi immediately fell to the ground, and the old pain in her waist rekindled, and the pain suddenly came like a tide.
After the ceremony, Chen Zhaodi's waist injury was so severe that she could barely stand, and she was carefully carried to the podium by her teammates. It is this kind of hard work that finally won the glorious moment of the first championship trophy of the Chinese women's volleyball team on the world stage.
Everyone present was shocked by this touching scene, and all of them were thrilled and burst into tears.
A year later, in 1982, Chen Zhaodi once again teamed up with her teammates to win the World Championships, achieving the team's feat of "two consecutive championships" and showing the strong strength of the Chinese women's volleyball team to the world. However, at the peak of this honor, Chen Zhaodi's stubborn illness could no longer allow her to fight on the battlefield again, so she had no choice but to retire, postponing the originally expected future.
Leaving the court does not mean giving up on her ideals, Chen Zhaodi quickly transformed into the head coach of the Chinese youth women's volleyball team, passing on the valuable experience she has accumulated over the years to a new generation of athletes.
As a coach, she is demanding, brutal and relentless, aiming to forge these young players into stronger, braver fighters.
During the training sessions, Chen Zhaodi often went into battle to demonstrate the movements in person, and patiently corrected the mistakes of the team members over and over again. She interpreted the life philosophy of "hardship first, pleasure last" with practical actions, and brought her persistent pursuit of volleyball career to the extreme.
The scenes of fighting the court seem to be repeating themselves right now.
3. Chen Zhaodi's difficult journey against cancer and her family's struggles
Who would have thought that Chen Zhaodi, a female ranking player who never gave up and fought tenaciously on the volleyball court, would die young under the ruthless torture of liver cancer. In 1988, a sudden bad news opened the prelude to the fight against cancer for Chen Zhaodi's family - Chen Zhaodi was diagnosed with rectal cancer.
Although Chen Zhaodi was successfully freed from the disease after timely and effective surgical treatment, eight years later, in 2008, those latent cancer cells were once again raging wildly, spreading and spreading in her body, transforming into a more deadly advanced liver cancer.
This sudden bad news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, shattering all the expectations in the hearts of Chen Zhaodi and her family in an instant. The moment her husband Guo Xiaoming learned the news, he immediately put down his business in Hainan and rushed back to Beijing from afar, holding the diagnosis certificate in his hand, his voice trembling, and his eyes empty, as if he had fallen into a never-ending nightmare.
Daughter Guo Chen suffered a heavy blow, as if her soul was drained, she frantically searched for medical knowledge on the Internet, eager to find a glimmer of hope for life, but in vain.
The whole family supports each other, uses family affection as a bond, and jointly supports the spiritual bridge, and moves forward with difficulty.
However, the clutches of cancer are ruthless and ruthless, and it ruthlessly devours Chen Zhaodi's vitality. Her physical condition is deteriorating, her once healthy and vigorous body is gradually thinning, and her beautiful face has lost its former luster.
Old injuries from exercise also began to flare up en masse, tormenting the poor patient like a demon.
In the last stage of their lives, Guo Chen and Guo Xiaoming could only watch the fire of their wives and mother's lives gradually extinguished, and the pain in their hearts was far greater than what appeared on the surface.
Although Chen Zhaodi always endured the pain, smiled, and tried to hide the torture of the disease, their hearts were already full of holes.
Fourth, Guo Chen's childhood growth process and Chen Zhaodi's hard work as a mother
Guo Chen in childhood is undoubtedly the child that her mother Chen Zhaodi is most proud of, and it is also her concern. The young Guo Chen was talented, excelling in both academics and sports, and was awarded the honorary title of "Top Ten Teenagers" during primary school.
The family is looking forward to her future and hopes that she will be able to follow in her mother's footsteps and become an outstanding athlete.
However, fate played a cruel joke on them at this time. When Guo Chen was three years old, doctors diagnosed her with a rare disease called congenital myocarditis. This bad news was like a bolt from the blue, which made Chen Zhaodi fall into confusion and pain.
As a mother, she had to send her beloved daughter back to her hometown of Hangzhou to be carefully cared for by her mother.
Under Chen Zhaodi's meticulous care, Guo Chen's condition gradually showed a trend of recovery. However, Chen Zhaodi's concern for her daughter has not relaxed at all, she has always adhered to strict medication regulations, personally escorted her daughter to the hospital for physical examination every once in a while, and even worried that Guo Chen's condition may recur.
How sad! Chen Zhaodi, who has a congenital frail body, in the process of taking care of her only baby daughter, has to take on heavy responsibilities and endure physical and mental pressure that ordinary people can't bear.
Just when Chen Zhaodi thought that everything was developing in a good direction, fate once again showed its cruelty and ruthlessness. Guo Chen fell in love with the sport of beach volleyball, and she was obsessed with it, insisting on experiencing the passionate competitive road that her mother had walked.
Chen Zhaodi originally hoped to dissuade her daughter from suffering from heart disease, but Guo Chen, who was as tenacious as his mother, finally realized his wish and began that short but precious journey of sand volleyball.
In the face of all this, Chen Zhaodi could only choose to let go helplessly. She can only do her best to pray for her daughter every day, for fear that she will encounter any accidents on the court.
The various hardships experienced by the mother and daughter together have long exceeded the limits of ordinary people's imagination.
5. Guo Chen's own beach volleyball career and happy life after marriage
After some arduous struggle, Guo Chen finally decided to leave the beach volleyball field and devote himself to further his studies at Nankai University in Tianjin. At the same time, her mother, Chen Zhaodi, was also promoted to the rank of major general in 2006, becoming the first woman in history to transform from athlete to general.
For Chen Zhaodi, who has always regarded her daughter as proud, this is undoubtedly a great comfort and encouragement.
His mother's illness undoubtedly brought heavy psychological trauma to Guo Chen. She once affectionately wrote a text on the Internet to miss her mother, and every word was full of tears: "Mom, I really miss you, I miss you so much."
You once promised that you would never leave me alone" Watching his mother's life gradually extinguish like a candlelight, Guo Chen's heart seemed to be completely hollowed out.
A few years after his mother's death, fate finally began to give back to Guo Chen. She met her current husband Zhang Bo, and the two fell in love at first sight and had a tacit understanding, and quickly established a deep relationship between lovers and entered the palace of marriage.
In 2018, Ms. Guo Chen and Mr. Zhang Bo tied the knot in the capital Beijing, and two years later, they ushered in the crystallization of love - a lovely daughter. This warm and harmonious little family is filled with a sweet and happy atmosphere.
Today's Ms. Guo Chen enjoys an extremely comfortable and complete life, although the kind face of her mother, who nurtures her deeply, still flashes from time to time in the depths of her heart, but every time she worships and remembers on the occasion of the Qingming Festival and her mother's death, she deeply feels the greatness of maternal love.
However, she firmly believes that her mother in heaven will be sincerely happy for her happy life now. Whenever there is a memorial service, Ms. Guo Chen always tells her mother in the depths of her heart: "Dear mother, can you see it? My life is full of happiness now, with a loved one and a lovely baby girl, which is exactly what you were looking for.
Please bless our whole family in the Spirit of Heaven, and may we always be safe and healthy! ”。