YOUR FRAILTIES
Mom, it is a fact that you are sometimes frail. Moms like dad often want their children to believe they are supernatural. I have often heard you say you are a super mom. Of course, you are a supermom but even superman had his weaknesses.
As you age mom, you have noticed there have been changes in your body mechanism. You no longer have the same strength as you used to have when you were much younger. I have grown up to discover your frailties. I know all your claims of being strong and powerful is just a covering for your weaknesses. I do want to see how you deal with those weaknesses.
Life is filled with difficulties. Many times things do not go as planned and this may make you discouraged. Mom, you do have to understand that it is normal that things happen the way they do. Such is life. It is how you get over them that matters. I am learning strength and courage in watching you deal with those turbulent seas. I do acknowledge that you go through this time because of my siblings and I and I am pleased.
Life is filled with many troubles. Different people deal with their troubles in different ways. Some are strong, some are weak, and others are indifferent. Either way, what is important is how you deal with yours because you are the only example I have to copy.
Everyone has a weak side. Even the strongest men have been known to lose their lives due to their unwillingness in accepting their frailties. You do not have to go through that too in silence when you can open and share you pains with us and live happily with your weakness.
Rather than conceal troubling thoughts, you can unveil your inherent frailty and find a way to deal with them. My siblings and I will know how to deal with your fears and understand that that is part of mom too.
As you deal with your frailties mom, you need acknowledge too that no one is perfect. Others too do have their frailties. My siblings and I are no super kids and just as you desire understanding, we do deserve understanding too. We are watching you and though we may not say a word about how we think, we are aware of your mistakes. By opening up your weaknesses and allowing us develop acknowledging we have weaknesses too, you create an avenue for creative discuss on important issues bothering us. You create a room for better mutual coexistence.
Mom, I do know you crave to have me be the best. But one mistake you often make is comparing me with the Jonesses. The truth is you are not trying to make me like the children of the Jonesses. They are the joneses and we are who we are. You are not trying to make me like the joneses; you are making me what God has designed for me to be. Such comparisms have derailed families with parents having to go separate ways and children having to find their own way too. It is cruel to make such comparisms. Let me grow up trying to be me.
Everyone in life however strong and experienced does have frail moments. These moments are essentials of life. The most important is how you deal with them. As a teacher with responsibility towards me, you are mentoring me towards being a well-grounded person.
Remember frail moments are bound to be. Its normal. Let me know. It will make me stronger.
With love
Your beloved daughter