trinilissabee
Dec 9, 2008
Undergraduate / 'No time to take care of me' - the environment in which you were raised [4]
hey gracetm,
this is my suggestion:
She wanted to be a heroine since she was eight. Everyday after school, she hid behind a camphor tree near the only river winding through her small town, waiting, for someone to fall in. She kept picturing that if a kid fell in, she would jump in and sacrifice her own life to save the kid, though she could not swim.
Mummy's childhood fantasy did not come true, but she found a better way to achieve her dreams. She became a journalist; a job that consumed the rest of her life as she worked ceaselessly for years. While pregnant, she still wrote and interviewed for a monograph, which resulted in a frequent scare of abortion. Did it happen? She composed thousands of reports, and called for justice for millions of people, but like many other career-oriented women, she was forsaken by her husband.
Busy with her work, mom left me with my grandparents. I hardly slept with my mom, even on Chinese New Year's Eve; when every household throughout the country had the biggest family feast together, and even when I was sick, mom was at the office; writing reports.
Her dream was fulfilled when workers' hardships were voiced and justice was served. Sustaining her seemingly lonely life for all these years was her love and dedication to the society. With age; I realized that I too, should take the responsibility, and devote my life to the community I live in, because I truly feel that there is not much we could ask for in this world, but by giving we gain the greatest happiness.
(262 words)
hey gracetm,
this is my suggestion:
She wanted to be a heroine since she was eight. Everyday after school, she hid behind a camphor tree near the only river winding through her small town, waiting, for someone to fall in. She kept picturing that if a kid fell in, she would jump in and sacrifice her own life to save the kid, though she could not swim.
Mummy's childhood fantasy did not come true, but she found a better way to achieve her dreams. She became a journalist; a job that consumed the rest of her life as she worked ceaselessly for years. While pregnant, she still wrote and interviewed for a monograph, which resulted in a frequent scare of abortion. Did it happen? She composed thousands of reports, and called for justice for millions of people, but like many other career-oriented women, she was forsaken by her husband.
Busy with her work, mom left me with my grandparents. I hardly slept with my mom, even on Chinese New Year's Eve; when every household throughout the country had the biggest family feast together, and even when I was sick, mom was at the office; writing reports.
Her dream was fulfilled when workers' hardships were voiced and justice was served. Sustaining her seemingly lonely life for all these years was her love and dedication to the society. With age; I realized that I too, should take the responsibility, and devote my life to the community I live in, because I truly feel that there is not much we could ask for in this world, but by giving we gain the greatest happiness.
(262 words)