Cherish the moment
We met up with a friend today who had a 15-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. When she saw Anya coming along with us, she went, ‘Aaawwww, I still remember the time when my kids were still at Anya’s age!’.
She then said, ‘Now they are all grown up and they don’t want to be close to you anymore. Really, you should cherish the moments you have with your kids. Especially the time when your kids still want to be close to you, hug and kiss you. Now I have to beg my kids to give me a hug! I would say to them … ‘come on, please give mommy a hug, mommy really needs one now’. Even then, they’d reluctantly give me a half-hug. It’s kinda sad, really.’
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I do realise how time will pass, how I’d look back one day and miss the times when I can still carry Anya in my arms, the hugs and kisses, even the times when she gets cranky and all.
And after what she said to me this afternoon, I think I’ll try to enjoy every moment together with her even more than before …
