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You'll Understand
March 01, 2010
“You’ll understand when you are a parent.” Growing up, most of us have heard these words uttered by our parents time and time again. And as a parent now, no phrase could ring more true.
When I think back at my childhood memories, both good and bad, I now have a better understanding of why my parents acted a certain way or reacted in a particular manner in situations. Yes, you do become your mother in many respects when motherhood comes your way— the way I light up when one of my kids tell me he or she is hungry (food was important in my family). Or the fact that when my kids trip, fall or bump into something, they get a disparaging look instead of sympathy (my mom was famous for telling my siblings and me that we should have been more careful). And the way I kiss my children much like my grandmother and mother did, with a continuous string of kisses that could last a full minute— all of these things are reminders I’ve become just like my mom.
What is even more amazing is that even as an adult, I am so thankful to have my parents direct me in my parenting. Their opinion is valued as much as when I was a child, if not more. And the truth is, parenting doesn’t end…not when a child is 18, married or a parent herself. My mom still loves when I ask her to make me something to eat. If I stumble on the steps going up to her house, the “tsk, tsk” I hear always makes me strive to be more careful.
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