At first, I had a hard time trying to find an older person to interview, because I did not want to interview my family since I’ve lived with them my whole life. While I was getting ready to interview my friend’s parent, I started reading the questions to myself, and I realized that I do not know the answer to them if I ask my parents. I chose to interview my mother because I have never sat down with her and have a serious deep conversation with her. I realized that I am closer to her than my father, but I’m not as close as I thought I was with her, and it broke my heart when I finally realized that. At the age she is, I finally realized that I have been taking advantage of her and I refused to live this way with her. This interview was emotional for both of us, and it also brought us closer to each other. I am so grateful and happy I did this interview with her. …show more content…
As previously stated, the person I interviewed was my mother.
She is a 53 years old woman, mother of three children, and has been married for 26 years. For a person of her age, she really knows how to take care of herself. She makes sure she goes for a walk or ride her bike at least 4 times a week, and balance her food by making sure she gets the amount of protein, carbs, and others that her body needs. She has decided to return to school to become a registered nurse (RN) because she doesn’t like her profession now which is certified nurse assistant (CNA). Some of the observations I made before the interview is how she is always on her feet, and does not get as much sleeps as she needs at her
age. The most meaningful things I learned about my mother from the interview is to never let other people control your life which was one of her life lesson and to find what makes you truly happy and hold on to it as much as you can. I learned from her that she is not happy with her current lifestyle because of my father. She has been living in an unhappy marriage for years and she feels like she does not have any freedom. She said she felt stuck. It broke my heart when I learned that from her. Secondly, the reason she told me to find what or who truly makes me happy is because she lost her chance that. She explains to me how in her 30s she felt the happiest and was satisfied with her life. Furthermore, she let someone else (her husband) controlled her happiness and manipulated her. At that point, she did not realized it. It took her years to finally realized that he was not the person she thought he was, she has not decided what to do in the future about him. However, all she said she is looking for is true happiness and freedom. I have heard the term that I resemble my mother, however we are two different individuals besides from looks. I realized that she is a very naïve person. In addition, according to her responses during the interview, I realized that she always give a person the benefit of the doubt but does not realized they are not trustworthy until it’s too late. She let people in easily in her life. On the other side, I do not give everyone the benefit of the doubt. If I feel like you are not a good person, I do not want you as a friend. Also another contrast between us I noticed during the interview is that she overthink everything which explains why she is unhappy or stressed out. I have learned from others that life is not that serious for us to overthink everything all the time. I have told her that she is an over thinker, and she agrees with me. Her response to me is “I’ll stop overthinking everything when I am satisfy with my lifestyle in every aspect.” I do not agree with her statement, but it’s up to her. Honestly, I am so glad I did this assignment with my mother. I learned a lot that I was not aware of from her, and it opened my eyes in so many aspect in life. One thing I definitely learned from this assignment is that I do not want to grow up and be in the same position as she is. Although I cannot control what happens in my life, but I can prevent certain things which is feeling like a prisoner in a relationship. It was really interesting. We talked as two adults for the first time because she was never the type of parent to talk about serious topic. Even though I felt really nervous when I started this interview, I feel like I am a more comfortable to talk to her about what is going on in my life now and I am content with it.
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