. . . HER LOVING DAUGHTER, NYX

September 7, 2010

Last night, I discovered something about my daughter. Although she lives with me and we are together day-in, day-out, I think she’s a better person than I am.
I got mad at Draco, 3 years old, for climbing up my DVD shelf and pulling out the cartoon DVDs making the rest of my collection topple down. He was crying for a long while already and his voice was becoming hoarse.

I was telling Nyx, 4 years old, that what her brother did was bad. I am mad at him because I want him to know that what he did was a mistake. Draco, in the meantime, does not stop crying. Nyx said she couldn’t sleep because Draco was making too much noise. I told her he was gonna lose his voice in a little while because he won’t stop crying. At this, Nyx was alarmed and climbed over me to reach her brother.

She said, Draco stop crying already. You’re gonna lose your voice. Drake, that’s enough. She then gets a layette to wipe her brother’s tears and turns to me to plead for her brother.

Mom, Draco is sorry already. I heard him say. (Even though Draco was not saying anything.) Mom, please, he said sorry already.

So, because of this, I okayed Draco. I told them, all’s good already as long as Draco promises not to do it again.

After a few minutes, Draco was being rowdy in bed and we could not sleep. I scolded him again and told him to move away from Nyx and myself. And once again, he started bawling. A little bit quietly this time because he was already losing his voice from all the crying.

Nyx, again, tried to climb over me to comfort her brother. I stopped her. I told her not to go to Draco and that if she does go to him, she might as well stay there with him on the far side of the bed.

At this point, she, too, started sobbing. She tried to control her tears but couldn’t. She told me in between sobs, Mommy, take care of Draco. I could not understand because she was crying. Again, she said, Mommy, please. Please take care of Draco.

I hugged her and told her she was a really good sister because she showed compassion and was very loving towards her brother. She told me Draco was OUR baby. We should take care of him and not let him lose his voice crying. And she turned to Draco and said, Draco please say sorry and don’t do it again so Mom won’t be mad.

I’m saying my daughter is a better person than I am because she was quick to show compassion and love whereas I can be a little bit cold-hearted. I am just glad that she is becoming her own person. And I am so proud of her.