Retired

Have been volunteering at a school to help some kids with Maths.
I just love starting the day with the kids.
It feels like you are doing something worthwhile.
Even though I wasn’t too sure of how to control the kids.
I don’t want to tell them off cause I am not their mother.

Some of the kids were really rude and difficult.
I feel grateful to mum and dad.
I think they have brought me up well.
I think I turned out alright. I think…

I thought of my dad who is retiring today and how he has dedicated his life to being a teacher.
34 years!!! I think it is pretty amazing.

I could still remember how he taught me to walk, to read, to count…

I was a slow learner when I was a kid. I still remember being kicked out of the house because dad got so annoyed trying to teach me. I think I was 7 then. I was so stupid that by the time I had mastered how to read, my 4 year old brother was just as good as me.

But dad never gave up on me.
He always believed in me.

I think the most important thing to date that he has taught me is to believe in myself.
I have come a long way from a kid who was struggling to read.

I am who I am.
I am where I am.
Because of my loved ones who never stopped believing in me.

Their love and faith has made everything in life worth striving for.