Seeing my cousin Shan tuck one-month-old Giselle so carefully into bed last night, I wondered if maternal instinct is innate in all women, and age - no matter how old one is - isn't the determining factor. After all, Shan is just one month older than I am. And though Giselle's sudden cries does make Shan panic, she's doing great with her baby daughter.
And bumping into Em - JC classmate and mother of two children at four and one - at Daiso on Thursday afternoon left me in awe of admiration and wondering how she ever did it. Sure, she'd groused about how envious she is of the free-spirited singletons, but I know she absolutely enjoys her job as a domestic engineer.
With the occasional question: "So when do you intend to settle down?" from people I know whom really care about me, I couldn't help but wonder, is the pasture really greener on the other side?
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Recently, I seemed to get a lot of, "Oh, should try to give birth before 34; should not leave your husband alone in a foreign land for too long...." A feeling of people "forcing" their "shoulds" and "musts", though for a good course. At the end of the day, my conclusion is, "I only live once and I want to live it my way. Pastures are green on either side."
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