Blog #2

My mother is surely the most important person in my life, not only because she gave me a place in life, but also because she is the only person that can understand me without having to talk. The day I left home to make my way in life, she gave me a book called "School of Life". Usually I am not interested in reading books, but this book is an exception because my mother wrote it herself. The first time I touched that book, I immediately felt it's importance. The pages feel old and fragile, they smell like old pages. What surprises me the most, is that every time I touch those pages, I get the same feeling. The book has a brown color from the outside, and white pages inside. The first page starts with "If this book belongs to you today, you are the most important person in my life". I think this sentence brings me unique feelings of pride and happiness. My mother has always been a mysterious person, and she never told me what the book was about. I figured out by myself later that she is the writer, and she kept the book updated from her teenage until the day she gave me it. "School of Life" contains many advices and my mother experiences. Social life is the most covered subject in this book, and some of the best advices I can give as an example from this book are "Let the people live the way they want to live, and they will love you." and "Silence is the best way to answer jerks, silence is a powerful weapon." I carry this book wherever I go because I know that it covers steps of life, such as teenage period, college, and marriage. I am never far from crying when I read theses hand written pages, and it's not because my mother wrote them. The truth is that my mother sacrificed all her life for her children and I thought that her sacrifices would stop the day I would leave home, but I find myself connected with my mother's thoughts when I am with her book. One day, my mother will pass away like we will all do, and this book is going to remind me that I had the perfect mother. Another day, I will give this book to one of my children, and maybe he will love me for this. At the end, "School of Life" represents all my mother sacrifices for me and my future children. I still can't realize this, but one day I will and I will be crying.