Wow, it is hot today! Hope you are on a beach,relaxing and cooling off in the cool, blue sea.I still have classes so, no time to indulge in swimming.My time will come.Till then,I keep myself busy with lesson plans, my little angel and decluttering my house.It always amazes me how much junk we manage to accumulate over the winter....ugh!Anyway, I got patiently on with it, until I came across a pile of long forgotten photo albums......and I instantly forgot about what I was doing. Sipping my tea, I turned page after page of about five albums.My whole life before my eyes, little things, moments and faces we tend to forget as we go about our everyday routines.My baby photos, my beloved dad,my mum,my childhood and teenage years....adulthood, marriage and motherhood.As William Gibson, the American-Canadian fiction novelist and essayist once said "Time moves in one direction, memory in another".So true for me today..I found myself literally in another dimension in time and space....I would really love to share some of my memories with you all.So here goes... A really blurry photograph from First class in preliminary school.....don't remember much from those days, but I do remember Miss Kassiani was very strict...... Me and my darling dad....it felt so heartwarming to see his face again.It was summer and were going to the beach as I recall.I miss him every day since he died five years ago.I have so much still to tell him, that I never did.Like how much I truly loved him....He was my king.Still is. Here I am with my little brother,John, fighting and arguing as usually. I remember he usually won, much to my dismay.I think I was about seven and he was two.We don't fight anymore, of course, we love each other to pieces.But it did bring a smile to my face seeing this picture again...he was the cutest, most irritating little brother a sister could wish for.... In this picture I am 13 years old, on the beach,wearing my little hat and smiling rather shyly, wishing the camera would just disappear.....hell, I wished that I could disappear! Even then, I didn't like to be photographed, too self-conscious to accept what others saw.....a regular teenager.Seeing it today made me realise how thin I actually was.And to think that back then I believed I was fat and totally hated my body.... Here I am in the volleyball team.........I am the one on the right.It was the third class of Senior High School.I remember we won the volleyball championship that year....1989 it was.Amazing moments of victory.We celebrated like crazy afterwards as I recall.... I think I am about 29 or 30 here....my hair is much blonder than it is today and straightened..Usually my hair is curly and really wayward.I was a really new teacher back then, still trying to find my way in the profession.But even in those early years I had the love of my students and enjoyed teaching as passionately as I do today. And here I am, a young mother of a feisty two- year- old.As I recall, I had put on a considerable amount of weight ......20 kilos,yikes.But it was worth it,every minute of it.It took me 4 more years to lose it.Again, my little girl was and is worth all the discomfort, pain and extra weight.She still is extremely feisty and hot-tempered,but hey....it's in the genes! And ....back to the present.Here's my little bundle of love.As is obvious, she's not that little anymore.My darling sass is eight years old, she's really tall for her age and truly intelligent, with a little streak of coquettishness.....I am nuts about her, like every mother is.My treasure, my reason in life to be a better person.She is in more than one way my teacher, testing my limits and pushing me way past my comfort zone.I am grateful for her every passing day. That's the end of my trip down memory lane.I enjoyed every instant,and I hope you did as well! Wishing you a very pleasant and relaxed evening with your loved ones.Cherish the present moment.One day, this moment will be a picture, just an instant in your life's journey.Be there. With love and light for all, Lia
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CategoriesAuthorI am a passionate English teacher.Aspiring writer and speaker.I take educational matters to heart and hope to bring about some positive change in the field of education. |