I have kind children

I have kind children. 

16 April 2022

Throughout their growing years I’ve been teaching my children to be kind to others and kind to the environment. While sometimes they still frustrate me with turning on the tap at the max, pumping the detergent more than needed and preparing food just for themselves, they’ve actually manifested their kind nature in other ways. No one is perfect but I’m very happy to say that my boys are (mostly) growing up right. So I want to take this moment to recognise a few kindness acts that they’ve done this week. 

This week the badminton tournament started. Lucas was looking forward to it but on the first day of the tournament he was made a reserve. When my husband sent me a photo of Lucas when he came back, my heart broke upon seeing how dejected he looked. He was made the ‘banana manager’ instead. There were ten bananas left at the end of the day for him to bring back. Despite it not being the day he expected, he remembered to be kind and gave the extra bananas to the school guards. I’m so proud of you, Lucas! Learning to handle disappointment and not forgetting your values. You could have easily handled the day by throwing a tantrum but you didn’t. Well done!

This was not the only incident. One day he was late coming home and he told me that his friend had to buy lunch so he waited and held his bag for him. It was raining so he walked his friend to his block before coming home. Yesterday we went out for dinner with my in-laws. Lucas was very responsible end to end. He handled the set up of the wheelchair, pushed his grandfather around, kept the wheelchair and lifted it up to the car boot, which was mighty heavy for him. Pure filial piety, I’m so proud. 

Luis, as well, has always been a considerate boy. We gave him two options of having dinner earlier but without grandparents or having dinner later after his grandfather’s accupuncture. He chose the latter because we can “spend more time as a family”. He’s also the one who set an alarm in our home phone to call yeye daily. 

Yesterday, Joanna brought Luca to our house. Luca likes Pokémon so after dinner, Luis went to make Pokémon cards to play with him. On his own accord without being asked to. 

How can I not be proud of the kind of people not children are growing up to be? I’m so proud. And I need to remind myself how great they are. I need to be less uptight. The boys are alright. I should just enjoy spending time with them and see them mould into their own person.