Rebekah1213: Genetically, I know who I am: Prompt 29
Author: Rebekah1213
Title: Genetically, I know who I am
Prompt No.: 29 My parents
Rating: G
Word count: 379
Warnings: None
Well, first of all I cannot say that I was switched at birth, because overall I have my mother’s looks and my father’s personality. I think it’s easier to see my parents through myself. I don’t know why they do what they do, but I know why I am who I am.
My mom is one with a huge imagination and I would like to say that I get my day-dreaming from her, but of course I get my realism from my father. It makes it hard to get into the whimsical part of my fantasy world; I usually let my dreams guide me. The problem with my mom and her day dreaming is she’s never motivated to get anything accomplished from them. She used to write when she was younger as well. I remember she used to sing to us as kids while we waited for the bus and would play with my brother and I outside as kids. (I do hope that I am like that when I have kids. However I hope I don’t stop writing once I have kids, and I let my kids have their own dreams. I don’t want to push my dreams onto them.)
I get what my mom calls the bull-dog from my father, because he has extreme determination and will do whatever he has to do to get things done. My father is the logical guy who works well with charts, graphics and numbers. He can be a people person as long as everything is going his way. I get my intelligence from him and my logical points of view. However I feel religion has really distorted his way of viewing the world. He can be very closed-minded and conservative over many spiritual issues which make it hard to be myself around him. It’s like Christian brainwashed him and then put a shadow over him so he can see any other religion.
There are many qualities, aspects, elements, and traits that I can easily tell you I got from my parents. I have learned how to cook, clean, keep my boyfriend happy, the value of a dollar and hard work from them. I believe all in all they raise me right and to be the best person I can be.