How I transform my mother to an
extraordinary friend
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Risa Nagami
永見 里沙
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When I was in the third grade of junior high school, I
participated in the Breakthrough Technology Course for the Teens in summer. My
mother cooked for me and she gave me birthday presents.
Before participating in the course, I took for granted all
these great things she did for me. I never even thought there was anything
special about us; we were just ordinary parent and child.
But when I was participating in the course, I began to notice that there were
many times I thought of terrible things about my mother. When she told me to
come home early or when she scolded me, I thought she was such an annoying or a
nagging person. Sometimes I argued and didn’t listen to her at all and I yelled
at her or ignored her.
After the course is over, I don’t know why, but now I have more appreciation for
my mother. I am present to what a great thing it is to have a mother who cooks
for me. Now if she asks me what time I am coming home, I realize that behind
this question is her deep concern about me. Instead of thinking of her as a bad
and nagging person, I feel so much love for my mother.
After the Breakthrough Technology Course, I am present to how grateful I am for
my mother for giving me a life and for having nurtured me so much in my life.
Since then, every year on my birthday, instead of just expecting a birthday
present for myself, I make a point to give a special present to my mother. That
is to express my appreciation for giving life to me.
I still think my mother annoys me when sometimes I have an argument with her.
The difference is I do not think of her as a bad person and now I listen to her
as someone who loves me. I am enabled to create a best-friend relationship with
my mother. We are now very close and we can say anything to each other. This is
my result from the Teen Breakthrough Technology Course.
Risa Nagami, 19 years old student
