Many people are captivated by the screensavers of my computer at work; I have pictures of my family members there, some showing funny faces, just to cheer me up sometimes when I am a little bored. Anyway, while sitting at my computer one late evening, my supervisor saw the pictures of the screensavers.
Supervisor: Are you close to your siblings?
Me: Yes, the younger ones...but we were not that close when we were younger.
Supervisor: My eldest complained a lot when the other two younger ones were following her. So one day, I sent the younger ones to their grandparents while the eldest was at home for a couple of days. On the second day, my eldest daughter was dying to have her younger siblings back.
Me: I totally understand that; I had the same complaint too when I was young that I did not like my younger siblings to follow me everywhere I went. But now they all are grown-ups and have their own activities and social lives. They no longer are interested in hanging out with me that much.
EF will be completing the remaining of her degree on a part-time basis because of her one-year-old daughter.
EF: She grows fast. Now she's at the age when she needs more attention from us. I don't want to miss her growing stage.
Me: Yeap, kids grow so fast and soon they will be very independent. Once they've grown, even if you want to spend more time with them, they would be too busy to fit you in their schedule.
I could remember when I was at my parents' on vacation two years ago. While I was sitting there reading, my little sister was making a fuss.
Sis: I hate my HS life. I want it to end very soon.
Me: Hey, I shared exactly the same feeling too. Actually, it is not fun, you should still make the best out of it coz you only have one HS life, well unless you failed and wanted to repeat.
Sis: You might be right.
There are certain things or processes that may only happen once. When we are doing it or going through the process, sometimes we do not seem to realize that we can only do this now but not later. Once it's past, we just can't do that anymore. You can't turn back time and experience the same thing again. You can't make your grown-up children to behave the same like they were young kids. You can't go back to primary/secondary school to go through the same thing again. Having this in mind, it is worth focusing and enjoying what we are doing now. We never know when will be the next time for this again.
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