Different Ms. Sonia

By Irene.S

                 In different stages of life, we will have many different roles and responsibilities. As a student, we have to do our homework and study hard. At home, we have to be filial to our parents. I would like to tell a very special story of how a person who is a principal in SFIHS feels to become a mom. At school, she might be serious in front of students, and they are afraid of her, but when she gets home, she is no longer a principal because she is someone's wife and someone's mother and we would never see it.

                Three years ago, Ms. Sonia was working in New York City, where there are many different international high schools, and therefore she was working for a year over there. And she had never thought of it is going to have a new life waiting for her husband and her lives.  When she found out she was pregnant, it made her felt kid of nervous, but it was an amazing thing for her because she could feel that a baby was growing inside of her body and it moved and it was a real person. For her, to be a mother is to be responsible for a child and she would think about everything that she eats to feed the baby and how everything she does would affect the way the baby feels too. That is a kid of big responsibility.

                After ten months Tora was born, and SFIHS also started at the same time. It was a big change for Ms. Sonia because there were many connections for her. At the first year, she could not sleep as well as before because she worried about her daughter. For her, the hardest times and the hardest things are when she has to work for many hours and does not get to see Tora. Sometimes, she might see Tora for ten minutes a day. The changes are not just that a family has a new baby; it is a big responsibility to take care of her, to teach her, and to love her.

                As a principal, Ms. Sonia is very busy every day, however she willingly spends time with her family to do things that they like to do outside like bike ride, hike, or go camping. Sometimes, they like to go to the park and library. At home, they are very different because they are very silly, crazy and have fun together. The favorite thing that she likes the most is listening to Tora laugh. These are the ways they like to get along; it is very simple but very happy. Difficult and depressing things might face her, but her family and her dearest daughter always support her and are with her.

                When I asked Ms. Sonia what she expects of her daughter in the future, she said, “I wonder what she would be or who she wants to be and I think I just hope pray that she will be the person she wants to be.” After that I asked many questions about the future of her daughter, the answers were that she would worry about everything. And I realized being a mother is not that easy, because as Ms. Sonia said, “Something would happen, whatever you know would happen that wouldn’t be true.” At that time, I could feel how she worried about what Tora’s future would be. Therefore, the most important way to teach Tora is by showing her the right way to do things. Tora is still a kid and very little, she just learned how to talk and it makes her feels frustrated very quickly because sometimes she cannot say what she wants and she cannot communicate. The other important way to teach Tora is to read books with her everyday. Now, Tora is trying to write her letters and she will make what the word sounds like.

                For me, being a mother is not easy. As your child grows, you will have more worries about their lives, health, and the future. When your child is angry or sad, you will have the same emotion as your child. When a child has needs, mothers will give the child everything they possibly can. We do not understand if we do not have children because only the personal experience will allow us to realize and understand why our parents always nag us everyday.