Just from being with my grandmother, my maturity escalated. And now I'm in tune to the needs of people. It was a large responsibility, taking care of a human being.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age.
This year has been full of lessons learned and soul searching and realizing I'm an adult. It's time to take responsibility and not take the easy way out.
When you're younger, you're trying to understand and make sense of what your parents are trying to instill in you, which is ultimately life experience. I remember being 17 and my dad trying to teach me the importance of responsibility.
I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me - I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
I'm moving into that eldership age, you know? I'm at the 'wise woman' age where it's not about learning, but utilizing the information that I have in a way that serves other people. That's a high calling and it's a great responsibility.
I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely.
I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that 'life is not about what happens to you but about what you do with what happens to you.' She recently had been cajoling me and challenging me to do more with my life. To lead more of a purposefully public life.
I have a natural affinity with children and adults who can't accept adult responsibility.
I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.
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