To Alyssa… with love…
Dear Alyssa,
Mama wants you to be smart, smarter then everyone in your class, in the neighborhood, in the whole wide world.
Mama wants you to be pretty, prettier than Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, or any other model/superstar in Hollywood.
Mama wants you to be strong, stronger than Kartini or Hilary Clinton.
Mama wants you to be rich and successful. As rich and as successful as Oprah, Bill Gates, or AP Moller (Lol!)
Because mama thinks you deserves all the very best…
But sometimes mama forget,
That actually, those things are not the most important things in this world.
Mama also forget, that those are the things, that mama wants. But does Alyssa want the same?
What’s the point of being the smartest kid in the class if you were cheating?
What’s the point of being pretty if you become arrogant?
What’s the point of being strong if you become rude?
And what’s the point of being rich and successful, if you don’t use it to help others in need…
So forget what mama has just said…
Alyssa can be anything that Alyssa wants, as long as Alyssa is happy and satisfied and as long as Alyssa remembers to be helpful and respectful to others…
Alyssa doesn’t have to be the smartest or the cutest kid in the block… Because for mama, you will always be My Number One…
Mama realizes, that mama is not the best mom in the universe. But mama will try, to be the very best for Alyssa…
Because just like mama has told you before.. Alyssa deserves the best!
Just remember, that mama loves you so much, and that mama will always be there for you…
with love,
Mama
