*Note to Sophomore Year

I want to cry with how well I HAVE to do next semester. Why did this year kick my ass so badly? I just hope that I can hang on to my determination throughout the summer, because I will need to hit the ground running next year. Laziness is irrelevant.

Bangle

Last night, before going to dinner with the dreaded family, my mom called me into her bathroom. I figured it was to help her with a zipper or to ask if her hair looked nice. When I got there, she grabbed my hand and pulled a silver bangle bracelet, similar the gold ones she has been wearing for over 30 years, out of a little bag. She said "This is for you, you don't have to give it back," and with that, my face lit up in excitement. To most people, a thin bangle isn't really a big gift; it's pretty, but not very significant. To me, however, it's a huge deal. It's common in Middle Eastern culture for the women to start wearing thin bangles on one wrist starting around my age. They never take them off, and usually they are received as gifts. This has always been a part of my mom, to me, her bangles. They make a distinct noise and I can instantly recognize them, and I have always loved them. Recently, I have started to want them, and she would let me borrow at least one of hers to wear for a while, then return. They just make me feel closer to my heritage and to my mom. So, to finally receive a bangle of my own is pretty significant to me. She also made it my own by buying it in sterling silver, since I wear more silver jewelry than gold. I will treasure it and it's significance to me forever..and it is never coming off.

Happy Mother's Day.