MyStory

Are you able to bring your brother to school every morning? Are you able to be responsible for the meals of your other five siblings? Are you able to finish all housework before your mother comes back from work? Repeating the same routine everyday will definitely be tiring for anyone.

I have a story about my hero to share.

She is just an ordinary girl from a poor family and she is the only daughter in her family. She was only a teenager of about fourteen years old when she took up the responsibility of taking care of her siblings’ meals and cleaning the house. On the other hand, some of her classmates who were from wealthy families only had to concentrate on their studies as their meals were taken care of by their mothers or maids. Some of them did not even have to do any housework.

All she could do was to finish doing the housework or risk facing the music. After a long day, she had to complete her homework when her siblings were either preparing for bed or finishing their homework soon.

When I heard about her childhood, I felt a sense of injustice. Her mother was a traditional person then. Her mother felt that girls should be responsible for doing housework while boys should study hard in school and be successful in future.

She has a talent for art and her art pieces were always pinned on the class notice board.  She had a passion for sports and represented her school in every cross country and a few other events such high jump and basketball. She won many trophies and medals.

As she stepped into the working society, she faced many obstacles such as being ‘bullied’ by her seniors in the company because they were jealous of her. However, she never gave up and just did her job and became a secretary in a law firm located at Suntec City.

When I was about six years old, she gave up her job to look after me. She is my mother.  She was not able to adapt to the life that requires her to do housework and stay at home most of the time because she was so used to working and shopping after work on Fridays.

I was extremely impressed by her determination to give up her well- paid job just to take care of me as she could have easily become a paralegal and earn a higher income. I am also very grateful to her for her tolerance and her guidance from young.

Being a teenager, I feel that she gives me another reason for me to see her as my hero. Whenever my father reprimands me because of the fact that I watched too much television programs or when he is not happy with my results, my ‘superwoman’ will fly to my side and help me get out of the difficult situation.

My mother will always be my hero. She has made an impact on my life. I want to be like her, a great mother, a capable and independent person.  

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