One of
the great things about a blog post is that it can be published at a later date. I meant to do that with this post but
got side-tracked when offered a photography work assignment, then
came computer technical problems and a trip out of town. So taking
that is stride, here's my post, altered and late as it is.
I
believe lessons that our mothers taught us apply any time of year.
The mother-daughter bond is truly fragile but unbreakable. Though
most women don't acknowledge, they share a very strong bond with
their mothers.
A
mother brings up her daughter with utmost care and passes down the
lessons of self-respect and self-esteem. They watch their daughters
grow eagerly worrying about their daughter's survival - physically,
psychologically, and socially. They have great expectations for
their daughter’s life and hope their daughters won’t have to face
a life that they experienced. A mother expects her daughter to be
able to overcome difficulties that come her way and be more
successful than her.
Daughters
have great expectations from their mothers. They look up to her as
their role model. And if their expectations are not met they get very
disappointed—and it takes many years to soothe the hurt. Until a
girl reaches that period of her life when she has to make a life of
her own, little does she understand what her mother was to her. Life
is like a roller coaster for every woman. And it becomes more
complex with age and the best companion she can age along with is her
mother.
When I
was growing up my mother was not the most expressive or flexible
person. Although she had a feminine look, she was and still is very
strong when it comes to emotions. Hard-working, she was extremely
proficient at handling pressures and handled the most worst of
situations. An introvert, she chooses her friends very cautiously.
She is private, trustworthy, caring, and has quiet dignity.
Something about her seems big; yet she is petite and small-boned, a
brunette with fair skin who looks dynamic in the color red. She is
conservative by nature— and loves to cook and prefers the comforts
of her own home to being elsewhere.
If I
were to choose one quality that her example gave me it would be this—
she does not believe the first impression is the last impression;
instead she lets others behavior speak for them, over time. It took
me a long time to heed that message, but now I live by it.
What
one tradition or trait did you adopt from your mother that did not
come naturally to your personality?
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