You come from my heart

Today one of the teacher at missy 3 school expressed her concern about one boy (whose sibling is in missy 3 class) who made up stories about his dad were dead eaten by a tiger on their trip to the zoo. 

The truth is that both of them are adopted kids. And the mom never marries. I love how the mom explained to the kid:

"You come from another mummy's tummy. When you were born your mom caught an illness and couldnt take care of you. God decided that you are going to be my kid." To which the child replied "How about daddy?".. "Your dad is away for work and hence couldn't take care of both you and your mum. I am your mum now. We are a family without a man in the house because i was never married. Even without a father we are still a family unit. You are the man of the housey. You did not come from my tummy but you come from my heart.."

Short and precise. I look up to the mom. I wish her all of the luck in this world.

Now, i need to talk to missy 3, i don't think she quite understood the idea yet but the teacher wanted all parents to be aware of the situation and if our children ask we should come with an answer. I imagined she'll say "oo daddy dont have because wotk at sea like me".. Lol

However, this incident made me think that the child must be very brilliant to made up a story to his friend about his daddy. Also lesson learnt for me that we should be truthful to our kid because lets face it they are not like us anymore. They have mind set of their own.

To all single mother out there, i really admire you, having witness one of the challenges you have got to go through on a daily basis. I pray that you'll be stronger each and every day. I hope i will never walk alone.. 

Update: as expected missy 3 asked about her friend's daddy to which i replied. Somehow it got lost in translation and missy 3's reply was "oooo her daddy far away like papa, working at sea".. Apa apa lah anak oiiii.. Lol