In the middle of a school year, Donna is
going through a battle against her inner self. Donna is a teenager, 16 years
old to be precise, studying in public high school. Growing up, Donna is a sweet
child. Her parents raised her really well.
She used to be compared with her
cousin, Estella. Estella is older than Donna by 5 years. Donna was being
compared with Estella always. In terms of attitude, because Estella is a
religious kid so she tend to be obedient with her parents. Estella enjoys
studying as well and get high grades, enough to make her parents and relatives
proud. She was always an honor student that's why Donna's parents puts pressure
to her, pushing her to study hard and be a good kid.
As we can see, nothing's wrong in
pushing your daughter to study and be good. But growing up as a child, those
things will have a psychological effect in Donna's brain. This present day,
Donna is in her last year in junior high school. She couldn't take her parents'
strictness, the words, and sometimes they hit Donna too. Until one day, Donna
just vanished. None of her important things can be found in her bedroom.
Donna is depressed; she ran away
from her family and asks for a friend's help. She went to a town where she
can't be followed by those people she ran from. After weeks, it is calm and
quiet. Donna told herself that her plan worked. She isn't to be found and will
never be found.
She is now living with a family
she doesn't even know. Little did she know that the father of the family was a
rapist? An ex-convict that was convicted with rape. The mother in the family
was a previous nanny of the father's family. Their love story was a cheat. They
had a child that makes the baby of the family. One night, in her new bedroom,
Donna is sleeping until she woke up by a heavy breathing in front of her face.
She opened her eyes and see the father in front of her, drunk.
Donna is so scared but she isn't
hurt. She can't sleep that night. She prayed and asked for guidance from the
Almighty. Realizations hit her brain so the next morning, she called her
parents. That call that her parents received from her was a relief! It's been a
month since Donna left and heard nothing from her since then.
After that call, Donna went home
and talked to her parents about everything. Everything single thing that making
her having a gap from her parents. As a family, they talked about every problem
they have with each other and solved them.
Donna learned that, parents might
have shortcomings they are still our parents. They may be strict, but they just
want to protect us from any harm we can encounter. They may push you so much to
do a thing that it puts so much pressure on you, but they just want us to give
the best out of us; they didn't mean to pressure us but rather, they want us to
know that no matter what, they are proud of us and they will always be proud of
us. Parents are parents, and they are just being parents, trying to protect
their child from any harm, trying to push their child to be encouraged to do
more. Parents loved us, love us, and will continue to love us, unconditionally.
by: Jessica Harris
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