It's Mother's Day! 💐
My mother and I have had a tumultuous ..
🕑 Added 2022-05-08 20:17:21 +0000 UTC
It's Mother's Day! 💐
My mother and I have had a tumultuous relationship 🥊
When I was growing up, she was every bit as strict, overbearing, and demanding as any stereotypical Chinese "tiger mom" 🐯, and boy did it clash with my easily distracted daydreaming persona 💭
We fought constantly throughout my teenage years, to the point where when I turned 18 I booked it right outta there 👋
Since then, I've come to realize that the endless berating 🗣️, the nights of screaming and crying over homework and bad grades 📝, all the forsaken extracurricular activities 🎹 were, in a [very] weird way, a sort of love language for my mom. All she ever wanted was for me to be "successful", because in her culture, success 💲=happiness 🎉.
Our relationship has mellowed out and greatly improved over time (funny how that can happen when given space and autonomy 😬) and I've learned to appreciate some of the tough trials she's put me through 💪
Anyway, with all that I just wanna say I love my mom. I hope all of you are able to appreciate your own mothers, no matter the relationship you have or had with them 💗
Have a wonderful day, bbs ❤️