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Like mother, like daughter

Contributed by: Kelsey Page on 4/17/2006

My mom was a very successful woman. True, she didn't find the cure for cancer, but she beat it.

She didn't write a best selling novel on being a single mother, but she lived that lifestyle. And she didn't finish college when she was in her 20s, but she went back to school and got her masters, graduating at the top of her class when in her 40s.

I think it's these little traits that make her who she really was, rather than who everyone else perceived her as. She was not an indecisive person; she made up her mind after working years in the cosmetic industry that teaching was her call, and then pursued that dream.

I think it's this rare perspective that every daughter and son has of her or his own parents that makes the difference.

From the outside looking in, it's often difficult to see the special unique things about a person, especially when one is tempted to classify that person by societal standards or norms. My mom wasn't wealthy in the respect that she could drive expensive cars, or own an enormous home, but she was in the sense that she had the best attitude towards her life, and therefore made the most of her time.

I feel that many would look upon her life as one that was simply ordinary, unremarkable because she didn't bring anything new, revolutionary, or lasting to the world that would remain long past her death.

But if my sister cures cancer, how wouldn't my mom be a part of that?

These traits or ambitions that we inherit from our parents and family shape our lives so distinctly. For example, I guarantee that my sister and I wouldn't be the same if my mom had decided teaching wouldn't pay enough money to comfortably support our small family, or that it would be ridiculous for a woman her age to get her degree in special education.

Even the simplest things can make a huge impact. After she chose teaching, my mom took a passion in helping the less fortunate children.

Tutoring with her after school helped me see this passion was more than worth the pursuit. She never had the attitude that her students were different or that they couldn't make it up to grade level; rather, she expected them to graduate from high school and attend college, all of them.

I hope that other teens may learn to see these types of things in their parents. We were lucky that we had such a close relationship with my mom, most aren't so fortunate.

In the end, what your parents will and won't let you do in your teens isn't nearly as important as how you can learn from them.

Friday night curfew is menial, but your father's abundance of patience is not.


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Kelsey Page

Boulder , CO

Kelsey Page has posted 56 stories and 11 comments since joining on 9/21/2005. Kelsey Page 's average story rating is 4.92.
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