Tuesday, September 30, 2008

A Daughter's Life

Life of a daughter in an Asian culture is a complex mixture of duty and responsibility filled with emotion and respect. Toddler years are spent in the midst of the beloved mother and father who nurture and nourish for the years to come. All the little little things are learnt and responsibilities are taken with maturing sense of life. Falls in love with sweet little butterflies, sing with the wind... oh what a wonderful life...

Life goes on. Youth arrive with that small pink babies grow up to be young pretty ladies ready to conquer the horizon. Those watchful eyes seek the sight of a young powerful man who resembles the beloved father's ways.. fall in love and enter matrimony and live a blessed life.

Has anybody wondered how painful it is for a daughter to leave her father's home and enter into a new house? Has anybody wondered why the silent tears roll down her cheeks whenever she thinks of her old days? Has anybody wondered how lonely she feels amidst the members of her new family?

Life is full of surprises. A girl is destined to leave her home and build a nest for her own. The lessons learned with her father in the sun, the memories gathered with her mother in the barn and the days she shared with her siblings will be turned into a scrap book; turning its pages one by one will display her life she had just left behind.