How My Mom Changed My Life

Mom travelled to Canada to visit family every summer and I was lucky enough to accompany her. Mom even had a house maid that would come regularly to help clean and she also doubled as Mom's personal hair dresser. As Prince says in his song, When Doves Cry: “maybe you're just like my mother,she's never satisfied.

Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained Primary school soon became high school, however a little early for me. I went ahead a year. Was it because I was so smart, no! Mom thought I was too tall to still be a primary school, so when the opportunity for me to move ahead came up, she wanted me to go. I was happy to comply. I felt special being put ahead a year, even if I was leaving all my friends behind. Turns out this event changed my life. …show more content…
My first ever “real” date was with Jude. Jude has been always lots of fun and the class clown. When asked on my first ever date, feeling always the ugly duckling, I said “yes” of course. I met him at Fernhill Hall for his brother's 21st birthday. I was very shy, however always loved to dance and Jude and I danced. He was surprisingly quiet for the guy who was always so loud and the class clown. He made no conversation and it was a little awkward. My first kiss was only moments away and I was not going to pass that up. It was everything a young girl would dream of and then Dad came to pick me up, sigh. We passed each other in the school halls everyday after that night with a little smile on our faces. One day a mutual friend approached me to ask if I would be Jude's girlfriend. The awkwardness of the date still on my mind I said “No, we should just be friends”. And that is how it should have