youthmystique

When I was little, my mom would almost always drive me to my activities like dance lessons and Girl Scouts.

Like I’ve said before, I’m really glad that my parents let me have hobbies.  I realize some of my hobbies meant a little extra work for them like driving me places and dishing out money for them.

It must have been hard especially on Mom. I don’t have kids but I realize that when you grow up, work takes a lot of time and energy. It’s hard to make time for anything else. And Mom was busy with work, cleaning , cooking, taking care of kids and pets.

She never really seemed to mind though and didn’t make me feel guilty for making her drive me places. She made sure that when she was driving me places that she would multi-task. During my piano lessons, she would take a walk to kill some time.

Having Mom drive me to my activities also was a way to bond. After piano lessons, we would stop to get ice cream or a candy bar.

I hated it when my dad would drive me to my activities. He didn’t know the way to go and I would be late. With mom, we were always at least 10 or 15 minutes early. Of course it wasn’t my dad’s fault because he wasn’t always involved in routine. It doesn’t mean that he didn’t care. He was just busy with work. He would ask me how dance and piano lessons were going.

I know when I have children I will probably be driving them to dance lessons or soccer practice. Moms are the people that usually do that. It’s ok though because I feel it’s my duty since my mom did it for me. She made a sacrifice so I could engage in my hobbies and dreams.

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