I have always seen my mother with the label of a housewife
,the label of a mother,a label of a wife and numerous more.She has always been
either a mother or a wife or a daughter inlaw.When I was very young my mother
stepped out of these labels given to her.My mother is a person who loves her
individuality and creativity.To proclaim her independence she slipped out of the different labels
assigned to her.She resisted being put in different boxes.It did not mean that
she was turning her face away from her responsibilities but only proving to the
world that she was an individual.She was not restricted by the label of OR but
her life had endless opportunities with her role of a mother AND a teacher AND an entrepreneur.
She was offered the post of a professor, a permanent
teaching assignment in a college.At that time although she wanted to accept the
offer she did not do so as I was very young and needed her.Perhaps it was the
label of a mother which stopped her.This did not deter her and she waited for
the appropriate time to break her labels.
When I was in high school she announced that the time had
come for her to break free completely from the label of OR and don the mantle
of AND.For her this was a gradual break as she had started shedding her labels
when she started giving group tuitions at home and at the same time started
attending computer classes.She had now donned the role of a teacher AND a
student And then an entrepreneur as she started jewellery business with her
savings.She still has the craving to do something new and don a new AND.She has
now started giving voice overs and if you think that she is going to stop
here,then you are mistaken as she has a long list of AND’S
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