June 21, 2010

After the right thing

Following the right thing (previous post), come a lot more things.

More than half of my close friends are married. About half of those married have started to experience parenthood.

I see photos of their kids in facebook, all the albums, all the time. In the initial stage, when they start to become parents one after another, logging into facebook was like a ritual to 'like' their newborn photo albums. And boy, was there a load of them!

To be honest, I think all newborns look the same. And babies only start to look different when they are around 1 year old, which is also the age when I think, they qualify to be called 'cute' cos they start to respond to other people (even though we may not have milk for them) and things around them. Pardon me, but I never understood why people say newborns are 'cute'. They look ugly and a lot of them look cross-eyed.

I see newborns grow into toddlers and terrorists, over facebook. I have a lot of respect and admiration for my friends, especially if they are the mothers. For me, just looking at the photos is tiring enough, not to mention, quite boring. Imagine having to be 24/7 with the kids. I really admire my friends.

I work with children with autism. Patience is one of the pre-requisites of my job. However, I honestly believe that being a parent requires way more patience. At the very least, I get to sign off or call in sick. Most importantly, I don't have to fake enthusiasm in taking photographs of every wink and yawn of the child I'm working with.

However, still... I'm sure I will make a pretty cool mother, if I do become a mother. I just hope that I don't.

Posted by 杏 cy （Jancy） at 23:17