Here, one mother shares the life lessons and words of encouragement she's passing onto and instilling in her daughters.
Here, one mother shares the life lessons and words of encouragement she's passing onto and instilling in her daughters.
I see myself in them – the same heart-shaped face, the curl of their hair. And I try to trace back the exact moment, that unperceivable moment when I shifted from viewing myself as someone’s daughter to considering myself only in terms of being their mother. I’m part girl, part motivational quote. “Say yes to everything,” my parents urged all my life . So I did.It made me do the scary things I’d never have done otherwise. I sang on stages and danced in theatres. I put my head down and went on whatever adventure lay before me, heart beating wildly, cocooned only by the words I was soaked in from birth; “You can do it. You’ll be amazing”.
Eldest daughter and I are in the bathroom on holidays. “Why is the baby changing table only in the ladies’ toilet” she asks surprised. It allows a neat foray into conversations about equality, about stereotypes, about the world sometimes buckling under the strain of female expectations. Wonderment is underrated, hidden under dusty mortgages, diets and accountancy exams. I try to ignite in them the spark of amazement in nature, the beautiful mystery of the natural world – it still brings me joy and peace.I want them to know that they don’t have to change themselves for other people – not physically or emotionally. I already know they are brave, I’d like them to use that bravery for good in the world.
It is a daily ritual that I enjoy more than I should. It is because it reminds me of my own mother neatly plaiting our hair every morning, her warm fingers making quick strokes through my own hair, deftly weaving strands together as she babbled, cooed and chided.
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