JS Prom Photos, 4th year HS and 3rd year HS.
As she whines about her recent JS Prom photo, I cannot help recall the times when she was just but a small kid who likes to complain. Even when she was still very young, about four to five, she has that strong character of articulating what she feels.
I will never tire of appreciating how she had grown to be – assertive, strong-willed to the point of being stubborn, independent, and always tries to be on top of everything she does.
And sometimes I am afraid. Afraid for her – of being hurt, of being rejected, of being crossed, and of being treated with indifference, I get so petrified that sometimes I overdo the role as a mother.
She is not a baby anymore. A budding young woman with many dreams, she aspires to get a nice job someday and to bring Papsie to the US. And guess what she wants to spend her first earnings for? A dog. Yes, a dog to which her grandmother rebuked by telling her to buy a house first before the dog.
I will never tire of appreciating how she had grown to be – assertive, strong-willed to the point of being stubborn, independent, and always tries to be on top of everything she does.
And sometimes I am afraid. Afraid for her – of being hurt, of being rejected, of being crossed, and of being treated with indifference, I get so petrified that sometimes I overdo the role as a mother.
She is not a baby anymore. A budding young woman with many dreams, she aspires to get a nice job someday and to bring Papsie to the US. And guess what she wants to spend her first earnings for? A dog. Yes, a dog to which her grandmother rebuked by telling her to buy a house first before the dog.
you have to see your daughter now as a woman that understands how this stage of her life means to her. often the mother in you tend to be more protective and assertive of things that you think is good for her.
ReplyDeleteYou have passed this stage and I know you, more than any other, understands her better.
Of course we are afraid because we had some pains in life that we don not want our offsprings to go through. But sometimes there are lessons that they themselves have to go through to understand the ways of life better and mature to become a better person with a more optimistic but realistic outlook in life.
I thought it's your sister!