For You

There's this girl I know.

She was once a girl who lives happily with her parents, until her mother had another daughter. Her sister arrived to this world when she was a little girl herself. As both are full time working parents, the duty of child care and work consumed their attention, leaving the older daughter feeling alone and lonely.

She felt awful when the mother started to compare her and her sister, as if saying that the little sister is better than her.

And she felt alone, terribly alone that she would lock herself up in the closet.

But as time goes, she grew up into an incredibly strong and talented teenager. She was to me very beautiful, she had the aura of calmness inscribed all over her face. She has a very generous heart, and she volunteered to several social organizations to help.

What she doesnt know, is how her mother often told me how smart she is. How she told me about her social work.

I guess if only she knew, she would be less lonely.

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Come to think of it, I think most parents do it. Just like mine. But it's just the way they are, and I'm grateful for who they are thoroughly.