I'm living my dream everyday.
Mommy & Daddy | Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 2:01 AM
It’s amazing the things you realize when you lose someone. You get mad at yourself for not saying the things you could have said a million times. You take for granted the days you spent doing nothing when you could have been with them. Anyone can be taken, at any point in our lives, but we always wait until they’re gone to say the things we never had the courage to say.
Eletheowl
Growing up, I did not celebrate my birthdays at posh restaurants, but my parents never failed to buy me a birthday cake and allowed me to choose my favourite restaurants to dine at. In retrospect, going through the ceremonial candle-blowing, cake-cutting sequences each year might have made me take certain things for granted. I've always thought that it was obligatory for parents to celebrate the birthdays of their children with them.
I used to think that my mom's constant presence in the house was a bother, especially when she nagged at me like a broken record. In recent years, I've come to realise that there are kids who hardly see or spend time with their parents at home as they have to work long hours. This realisation reminded me of how lucky I am to be able to crawl into bed with my Mom and chat with her about anything under the sky, even in the middle of the day.
Although my parents are unable to get me a car of my own now, they willingly sponsored my driving lessons and encouraged me to get a license.
We might not have travelled to many countries together (my Mom doesn't fancy travelling) but I have fond memories of our weekend trips to JB as a child, getting stuck in a massive jam and playing a stupid self-invented game with my sister - whoever copied the most number of license plates into our pocket books won?!
When I took the public transport on my own to school for the first time, my parents drove behind the bus to reassure me that they were nearby.
They expressed their parental love through simple gestures like giving me extra pocket money whenever I went on a school excursion to Kampong Glam, Singapore Zoo, Jurong Bird Park and the like...
As a child, I often envied kids whose parents brought them to fastfood restaurants on a regular basis. My parents hardly fed me food from Macs or KFC. I didn't know how to fully appreciate eating seafood with my seafood-loving parents then. If you give me a choice now, it'd be a seafood feast over a junkfood fest anytime!
We always think that the grass is greener on the other side. However, it isn't always the case. I am glad that I'm now able to recognise the merits of my parents' thoughtful deeds for me in the past :)
I love you Mommy & Daddy! Both of you inspire me to love my children unconditionally, through good and bad times, when I do become a parent someday.
Love, Serene
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