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Jody Abdelfattah
Once upon a time, many years ago, I was a little girl. I had always loved to go shopping with my mom to buy dresses and necklaces.
One day, we passed by a store full of pretty dresses. I told my mom I wanted one. So we went in the store, and my mom asked the saleslady if there was one my size. She answered with a no. I was devastated. After we went home, my mom promised me that once I grow up, she will buy me that same exact dress. And when I wear it, I will look so beautiful.
So every year on my birthday, I asked my mom, "Can you please buy me the dress now?" And every year, she answered with, "Maybe not this year. If you are kind and obedient this year, I will buy it for you for your next birthday." And every year, I would become more and more obedient.
As I grew older, I started realizing that in order to get what I want, I have to do something to earn it. But still, no matter how much good things I did every year, my mom wouldn't buy me the dress, although she did buy me other things. So I stopped trying to ask my mom to buy the dress for me after my 8th birthday, until I forgot about it.
Now, many years later, me and my mom were shopping for dresses for one of my relative's weddings. While we were looking for a dress, my mom picked out a white one and told me, "One day, I will buy one for you, and when you wear it, you will look so beautiful." As soon as she said that, I recalled that the dress I had yearned for many years ago was a wedding dress. And even though I still don't have the dress (even if I wanted to get married, I'm basically still a kid), those memories of me and my mom are part of what makes my childhood happy.
One day, we passed by a store full of pretty dresses. I told my mom I wanted one. So we went in the store, and my mom asked the saleslady if there was one my size. She answered with a no. I was devastated. After we went home, my mom promised me that once I grow up, she will buy me that same exact dress. And when I wear it, I will look so beautiful.
So every year on my birthday, I asked my mom, "Can you please buy me the dress now?" And every year, she answered with, "Maybe not this year. If you are kind and obedient this year, I will buy it for you for your next birthday." And every year, I would become more and more obedient.
As I grew older, I started realizing that in order to get what I want, I have to do something to earn it. But still, no matter how much good things I did every year, my mom wouldn't buy me the dress, although she did buy me other things. So I stopped trying to ask my mom to buy the dress for me after my 8th birthday, until I forgot about it.
Now, many years later, me and my mom were shopping for dresses for one of my relative's weddings. While we were looking for a dress, my mom picked out a white one and told me, "One day, I will buy one for you, and when you wear it, you will look so beautiful." As soon as she said that, I recalled that the dress I had yearned for many years ago was a wedding dress. And even though I still don't have the dress (even if I wanted to get married, I'm basically still a kid), those memories of me and my mom are part of what makes my childhood happy.