My Mother’s past
May 2, 2019 Uncategorized 10 comments mkoch19
When my Mother was younger she played many sports including softball, football and . . . SURPRISE! Dance. I´m not entirely sure why she danced to be honest. She was so good at the other sports she did. She was very coordinated and just good at the games in general. However, her mom wanted her to dance so badly, that she put her in it anyways. My mom had no interest at all in going to the dance classes and doing the performances. She often would skip the classes without her mother knowing, but eventually her mom caught on to her fun and games. After her first recital her mom decided to pull her from dance after finally seeing as while she was on stage she had no idea what was going on. And not to be rude, but she was not very good on the stage. My mom also went to a vocational high school. She loved it, even though school also was not her thing. She passed, but with minimum grades.
Time had passed. Okay well maybe 10 years ish. She had me, her first child. When she found out I was a girl she thought I would be just like her, and she tried. But at the age of two I would constantly twirl all around the house, at that time she just put me into a single dance class. While every year She added another class for me to be in. When I was old enough she and I decide I would try some sports. Not football though. I did field hockey for a while and softball.I was good at field hockey, but softball on the other hand was not going well. I told her I just want to commit to dance at a pretty young age. She finally gave up on the school sports for me. While my mom was not good at dance at all, I was. I found a passion for it and trained and it became everything to me. Not even close to what my mom thought would happen due to her not being able to dance. Not only was I good at dance, but also unlike her I was pretty good at school. She was shocked. She always tells me how she had such a hard time with all the schoolwork, and was so confused as to how I did not. From then on out my mom pushed me like crazy to continue to be good at school as well as dance. She was my biggest supporting in both dance and school.
¨My history with school and dance was a tad rough, but that does not mean yours will be¨ she always tells me. She has always had high expectations for me because she says she wants better for me than she had. She wants me to be able to have something good to tell my kids later in life. Because of her ¨history story¨ that she tells me, I have worked hard to keep myself going and get my own wonderful story to tell. So Thank you mom.
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10 Comments
I love how you say your mother was not good at all on stage. You really go along with the story very well, a lot better then me because I get confused at where I am sometimes. I also love how you all were into doing the same thing, even though your mother was faking it. My family is the same way but with basketball.
I think it is funny that your mom did not like to dance, and then had you, the dance PRO! I have always loved the connection you and your mom have with dance, she is amazing, like you. Happy for you and all you accomplish Maddy! I cant wait to see where the world of dance takes you.
This post makes me see my life a lot, my mom always wanted me to be just like her. But, I never was and from your story it is nice to see that your mom has accepted and wanted you to happy with what you’re doing. Always follow your heart and keep dancing because you are amazing at it. Never give up on your dreams!
Madison, I love how you showed us the way your mother raised you to be just like her. It also makes me happy that she has been super supportive of you and your goals in life. You’re a great person and you have her to thank for it. Great piece of writing and I felt that you understood the message of the prompt. Nice work.
You and your mom are both amazing people and this is an amazing story that reflects both of your stories! I absolutely love you and your mom’s relationship and I am so happy that you two are so close.!
This story makes me see that your differences are not a bad thing and that you and your mom can share different stories to make things interesting. It is a bit funny to see how different you are and good to see how much you respect and care for each other. As for dance I have seen you dance and you are amazing, keep it up.
I find the contrast between your, and your mothers interests really interesting. You both tried dance, and it really stuck with you, but not her. Quite the interesting story. I like the story a lot and though the writing complimented it really well. Thumbs up.
It is cool to hear the story of how you were brought up. I feel like as parents people try to push the things they enjoy onto their children and sometimes that can be destructive. It seems that your mom was very supportive of your passion of dance even though it may have not been her biggest love.
I think it’s nice that your mother had told you about her past and how you both shared some kind of bond with each other. Don’t ever loose that.
This is exactly what parents are supposed to do, she did a great job and came out to be a great girl they teach us from their mistakes you have a bright future ahead of ya kid.