The Night of Change
It was a late stormy night I had gone to bed hours before but I could not sleep, so now it was four in the morning. I lay there in my bed awake when I hear the sound of someone walking quietly down stairs. This was a god excuse to get up even if my parents were just getting water so when I slipped out of my room I was shocked to see my mom in her work uniform. I knew she was going to work but for how long and how far away. So I observed her for a while to see if I could find any hints. First she made coffee, something she did every morning so not out of the ordinary. Then she put some items in the car like her phone charger which she would usually not need for a short trip and other items that she only took with her to Japan. At that moment it came to me she was getting ready to leave on a six day trip to Japan she did not do this often but when she did it was unexpected she would be home that night and gone by the time I was awake. So me being very young did not want her to leave me with just my brother and dad (almost a week with only boys).I knew I had to stop her or at least let her know how I felt. I ran out of my hiding spot in the hallway and grabbed her leg. I didn’t have to say a word she already knew I was upset just by the look on my face so she said,” Ali I have to go to work it’s the only way for me to make money and buy you all the things you want,”. My reply was,” but why do you have to leave for almost a week,” She knew I wasn’t going to give up and I really had no intentions of giving in. she walked me back to my room and stayed with me for the rest of the night, or at least until I fell asleep. And when I woke in the morning I was angry to find her not in her bed or even in the house. Finally when those boy infested days passed, and my mom got home I was very angry with her. But in the back of my mind I understood she had to work and it was important although I did not like the idea of her being gone it was something I had to get used to. That night changed me because I relized that my mom is not always going to be with me and I will be on my own sometimes. But I will never forget how she risked being late to work and possibly missing her flight for me to make sure that I was happy.
