My Hero
There are many heroes in my life, but there is one, whom will be there whenever I need her. And that is my mother.
Our relationship is more than just daughter-and-mother, we were more like friends. Whenever I am feeling down or has something bothering her, she would talk to me. I would always try my best to help or comfort her. Likewise, whenever I am feeling down, or have decisions to make, the first person whom I would talk to is her. She is an excellent listener. She always knows the best way to comfort me or solve my problems. At least that is what I think.
Through solving my problems and helping me make decisions, I learnt a lot of life skills from her. She taught me a lot about handling certain friendship problems, how to make the right decisions and so on…
Here was one incident that I remembered clearly. There was once when my classmates and I were assigned to do a drama project. We were supposed to complete a play without help from anyone.
We would need to choose our own director, stage manager, playwright, prop designer, set builder and so on… I was chosen as the director. Everything was going out perfectly fine as everyone was enthusiastic about the play and co-operative. Until once, when I was absent from school.
That day, my best friend led the group for me. The next day, I went to school and found out from my classmates that my best friend had told the entire group about her objections in the way I led the group. I was astonished and could not believe it. If she was unhappy about something, she could have told me personally. I believe we could sort things out, but, she chose to tell the group about her objections behind my back. If it was other people, I am sure I would not be as unhappy as I was. But, she was my best friend. We used to tell each other everything.
I thought about that problem a whole day and came out with my solution. I decided to give up my place as the director to her. When I was back home from school, I was feeling down so I did not talk much. Mum immediately knew something was wrong with me. She asked what was wrong with me, so I spilled the beans to her. After listening to the entire story, she did not force me to make any of the decisions. She calmly told me the pros and cons if I quit. She also told me to persist in what I think is best for my classmates and I. After saying that, she let me alone in my room as I thought the problem over again.
I realized that I should not give up my place to her, as I had confidence in the way I was leading the group. I would show her that I can do it. So at last, I did not quit. For the rest of the week until the deadline of the play, everyone co-operated with me. She did not utter another word about my way in leading group. At last, the play turned out a great success and everyone got an ‘A’ for drama.
If I did not talk to my mum about this problem, I don’t know how to everything would turn out at last. She changed my mind. She taught me to persist in what I think is best for me. In this case, my classmates and I. She told me not to give up. There are many other examples that I would never forget.
The way she influences me to make decision is this: She does not tell me which decision to make but tells me the pros and cons if I make a specific decision and would leave me alone in a room to think. After some thinking, I tend to maker the right decision.
She is definitely an important person in my life. Without her, I would not be able to learn the life skills that I need. Without her, I would not know who to talk to when I am feeling down. All I could say to her is a big “Thank-you, Mummy!”