Remember....

Today we celebrated Parents' Day in church. A day to remember our roles as parents. It was good to see so many children in church today to celebrate together with their parents. Sometimes i too wonder ..was i a good parent to Christina while she was growing up? Did i bring her up properly to face such challenges that are in the world today? Every time that she calls me from Down Under to chat or to share her experiences with me, i must confess that i worried for her too. Though she is now married herself and has a husband to share her life with, there are certain things only a daughter can share with her mother, the woman who has brought her up. In these circumstances, it is good to know that as a mother, you are still very important to your girl. Nowadays, we share and exchange recipes that we have tried out and the dish turned out nice. We exchange news about our mutual friends or share with each other our funny encounters with people.
This brings to mind my own relationship with my parents. The relationship was so very different. We were told to obey what they told us to do....without questions or arguement. As a matter of fact we just have to be submissive to them. Even now they are dead and gone...i.m still trying to understand the parents of yesteryears. One thing i realized was that our parents followed the example of their parents..and i believed this is one of the ways the sins of the forefathers being passed from one generation to another generation. This is because we believe that what our parents did was always right.
Today i count myself very blessed indeed. I was the blessed few who managed to go to school and got an education, went to college and had a career. I know i'm a different from my own parents. I'm guided by a different set of values in life. I hope that when the time comes when Christina herself becomes a parent, she will have better set of values in her life to pass on to her own children....