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Trip Snippets – Pining

by mathe | Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 2:45 pm | Life as I See it |

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I can’t believe I’m even writing about this. Years ago, I did not even want to have a child of my own. I wanted freedom and a solid career. Then matters of the heart took over and to make a long beautiful story short, I am now gifted with two wonderful boys.

I thought that would be it. But as I get older (ehem), I’m thinking, it would be nice to have a daughter. I catch myself looking at moms with their baby girls or even elderly people being helped to walk by their daughters. I work in a hospital and so I see a lot of frail elderly people going to the doctor with their daughters. I imagine myself going for my doctor’s appointments one day just by myself or with my hubby only because I don’t have a daughter to come with me.

pwetty cousins: rosely, jhea & zaki

Well, not that I don’t think my boys will turn out to be caring or reliable. It’s just that daughters are the more probable ones to be there in times of sickness and all that. Don’t get me wrong, I do not have a utilitarian view about a daughters (ie, I just need a daughter to help me later on). I just find it sweet and wonderful when I imagine having a minnie me in my life, that’s all. Someone to cook with, shop with, or simply have girl talks with.

beauty & brains Reginia Mae

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a little live doll that we can dress up and look pretty with? Someone we can wear matching tops or dresses with? Someone we can share shoes and bags with? Tell me, is this too much to ask?

But then, reality bites. For one, my hubby wouldn’t hear any of it. He is now baby-phobic. Second, I will have to give up living in the UK and go back home to the Philippines if I will have another baby because I just can’t raise a small child while also working here without any child minding help.

little dynamo is the only word to describe this girl, don't be fooled by that bedimpled smile

So, I content myself with pretending that I have a lot of daughters through my friends and my in-laws. My hubby comes from a family of 11 (no kidding). All his siblings are now married except for the youngest and there is an abundant supply of pretend-daughters for me like the pretty girls in this post. They are all my hubby’s nieces.

jamie - this girl can dance!

I have the pleasure of watching these girls grow and I pray that they will all turn out to be as sweet and caring as all girls should be.

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