Free Essay On Things My Mom Told Me

Each and every one of us has an example figure he or she tries to follow and imitate. Be it a successful businessman, a talented sportsman or a wise philosopher. But the things we find right or wrong, or the picture of what life must look and feel like as well as our attitude to people’s behavior were most likely inherited from our parents and their attitudes towards different things. Usually, we never notice it in the childhood or even try to deny it in our teenage years, but eventually realize the depth of the things our parents taught us.
Obviously, I am not an exception. I would say my role model was my mother with whom I used to spend most of the time as a kid since my father was always busy at work. The toughest times for my mother were my rebellious teenage years.
When I was around 14 years old, my grandfather used to spend a lot of time at our place since he was getting old and felt safer with his family around. I was extremely irritated by this fact since he always tried to talk about my private life, how things were going and never touched the topics I was interested in. Basically, for me it was like talking about nothing and answering questions I didn’t want to answer instead of doing things I needed or wanted to. As a polite kid I never showed my irritation to others, but constantly informed my mom how irritated I was and why grandpa could visit us less often. My mom did her best to explain that grandfather is old and feels more needed and less helpless when being around relatives and communicating with them. This I could never understand as I could spend a week sitting in my room, reading books, playing games and feel no need to talk to anyone. Eventually, my mom gave up and promised I will understand this with time.
Ten years have passed since that time and only recently I have finally discovered the idea my mom was desperately trying to explain a 14-years-old me. My grandpa and I are separated by a generation which makes our interests and opinions totally different. We have fewer things to talk about not because one of us is smarter, wiser, or more mature. We are just representatives of different generations. But unlike my grandpa, I am still young and flexible and can adjust to any environment. I should not expect him to get interested in topics I am crazy about since at his age people are already afraid to learn or get used to something new, or just do not have enough strength to.
So I decided to give my theory a try and started to speak with my grandpa about the things he wanted to discuss. And guess what? It turned out to be very effective and simple. Apparently, my grandpa has so many knowledge and experience to share I would never be able to see or try in my life. It appeared to be fun talking to him and trying to heat up the conversation with my own opinion from time to time. And when he asks about the things I prefer not to discuss, I just give him a general answerer. It turned out the only reason why he asks those questions is to make sure everything is going well in my life and he has nothing to worry about.
My mother has never mentioned how irritated I used to be as a kid because of these talks, but just by her smile I can say she is proud of what has become of her soon And I could feel nothing but grateful.