When things get tough here in Germany, I always have my mom as a confidant. She has been my first mentor when I started working. She was my first manager. She never intervened with my personal decisions but she is a silent observer and a powerful prayer warrior who always prays for me. I have always been a ''papa's girl'' and during my puberty stage, I hated her. Blame the hormones for that. But when I was in college, she started giving me books that I should read. It did help me became the person that I am today. I slowly understood her sacrifices for all of us & for the rest of the family. She waited patiently to tell me her thoughts about life, in a state of my life, which I can fully understand her. I will always be grateful for that. Since then I intermediate opinions between my siblings & my parents.
My mom with all her matriarchal sermons and stuff always used kind words when it was easy to criticize. It made me grounded and confident in everything I did in life. Her reason, why criticize when you can motivate.
She used to lead a group of insurance people, we all know selling a piece of paper is no easy task. When an agent is not producing, it will reflect on her, so she applied the same principle with her agents to us her kids, instead of complaining & pin-pointing the blame, motivate--it will do wonders and it did. When her kid is being difficult, she gave more attention, understanding & love.
When things are quite challenging here, I would always call her to ask for sound advises and never did she fail to impress and amaze me. I tell mostly everything to my mom my thoughts on family, life, career & those stuff and she always find & make time to listen to me. Don't get me wrong, of course I have trusted friends, whom I can share my problems with, but knowing that my thoughts, complaints, questions, doubts & other stuff are safe with my mommy gives me a sense of security which is indeed a great feeling.
My mom & I seldom chat, videochat or phone each other. Usually once every one to two months. But when we chat, we chat for a minimum of 3 hours. Yes we love to talk and listen at each others stories. I am so glad that I have one cool mom, who supported us all throughout. I will be forever grateful for that. I love you Mommy, this is my tribute to you on your birthday. May all your dreams come true...especially the travel things around the world for free. Germany---checked. Korea---checked. Hongkong--checked. China---checked. Whereelse??? I love you so much. I miss you too. Enjoy your beautiful day Mommy!
