내 마음을 어루어준 노래 한 곡

텍사스주를벗어나뉴멕시코주를들어서던참이었을것이다.

아이팟으로음악을들으면서운전을하던작은딸이묻는다.

엄마.이노래들어봤어?

뭔데?

썸바디스히로라는노랜데칸츄리송이야.

어디,한번들어보자.

가만…내가먼저한국말로들려줄께,하면서딸은한귀절한귀절노랫말을풀어서내게말해준다.

그리곤들어보라며내귀에이어폰을꽂아준다.

시카고에서딱이틀밖에없는시간에난얼마나분주했었는지모른다.

딸로서,엄마로서,할머니로서….^^

그런데참신기하기도하지.

운전하는딸옆에앉아멍하니차장밖으로스쳐가는풍경들을바라보며널싱홈에계신엄마를생각하고있었는데,

그순간에딸이이음악을내게알려주었던것이다.

음악을다듣고이어폰을딸에게건네주자딸은말한다

자긴이음악을들을때마다나를떠올리게되고,그러면서마음이슬프단다….

얘야…그렇게사람은태어나고자라고…그러다가…가는거란다.

뭐,그게인생인것인데…^^

월요일아침일찍시카고를떠나줄곧달렸더니

화요일인어젯저녁무사하게집에도착하였다.

오늘까지휴가를받아놓았지만

평소의습관대로아침일찍눈이떠졌고,

뒤뜰에나가보니떠나기전날에심어놓았던쪽파들이파릇파릇하니얼굴을내밀고있었다.

대강둘러보고물을뿌려준다음에깨닢을한주먹땄다.

양파와고추를듬성듬성썰어서양념장에살짝쪄내면

내식성닮은딸이잘먹겠지…

미국에서는’어머니날’에많이찾아듣는다는이노래를유투브를통해다시들었다.

진한커피를마시면서음악을듣는동안한편의인생드라마가스쳐지나간다.

엄마에게,내아이들에게,에니카에게더많은사랑을쏟아야지…

내게주어진시간이더없어지기전에…^^

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