This is a story about how my mom becomes my inspiring woman.
She was born in a small rural area in the north of Vietnam. Her parents made fish sauce to afford their 6 children’s education, so her mother did not have much time to dress up. The house was messy, but it was always full of love. Later in life, when she marries and becomes a mother, she wants to spread the same love in a different form, which is a clean house and a mother who knows how to embrace her own beauty.
She is an ordinary and persistent woman who loves beauty, and quietly radiates it to those around just by doing her work and living her life. Wherever she passes by, it tooks everyone a few seconds to admire her appearance, they find no trace of a rough day she might have. She always takes care of her skin, whether she is busy, happy or sad. The way she takes care of herself seems to have become indispensable habits of her life.
She is always well-dressed, soft, decent and elegant. She has a sense of style not only in fashion style, but also in lifestyle.
She once said, “It is no use when someone tries to look flashy outside, but when they get home, their house is messy.” Her house is as well taken care of by her as she takes care of her appearance and fashion style. She always keeps the kitchen neat and cleans the toilet every day before going to bed. She takes care of corners that are easily forgotten.
That gorgeous woman is no one but my mom. Books often say that the first seven years of a child’s life are the most important seven years in his or her development. The person who spends the most time with the child during that period will be the one who has the most influence on the child’s personality later on. Perhaps because of that, my mother became the most influential woman in my life.
I soon shaped my lifestyle and fashion style thanks to my mother – a forever muse of mine. I started paying attention to my appearance and dressing style when I was 11 years old. This is also the time when I start to love experimenting with different styles of clothes. When I was 15 years old, I had almost 20 watches bought from savings. When I was 18 years old, I had more than 30 pairs of earrings that I collected to combine with many different fashion styles.
During the past 10 years, I have gone through many changes in my fashion style, which make me become a 21-years-old girl who always knows what to do with her style. The important thing in the end is that I came to understand the spirit and the feeling I want to exhibit outside.
Just like my mom, besides fashion style, I also pay attention to my lifestyle. When I moved out to start university life and built my own life separated from my family, I see the image of my mother in myself within the way I clean the kitchen before going to bed. I love making my bed and keeping the bathroom one of the freshest places in the house. I take care of every corner of the house the same way I take care of myself.
Mom has inspired me to live a life that is not only sparkling from the outside, but also fulfilling from the inside. This fullness does not come from books, from other people or from somewhere else, this fullness comes from the journey of self-discovery, turning inward to take care of every corner of your soul and for rooted things.