Ladies of Hive Community Contest #84 || I am the number Two

Bendecido día mis apreciadas Ladies of Hive, he estado un poco ausente por cuestiones familiares, pero extrañaba mucho volver a participar en el Concurso de la comunidad y responder a las preguntas de la semana.

Participar en el concurso se ha vuelto un ejercicio de autoreflexión y autoconocimiento, ya que al tratar de dar respuesta a las preguntas propuestas logro reflexionar sobre aspectos de mi vida que quizá no me haya detenido a meditar mucho.

Dicho esto, quiero invitar a algunas hivers compañeras de comunidad para que se animen a participar y contarnos su experiencia; ellas son @gabimramirez y @leslieq78.

Blessed day my dear Ladies of Hive, I have been a bit absent due to family matters, but I missed very much to participate again in the Community Contest and answer the questions of the week.

Participating in the contest has become an exercise in self-reflection and self-knowledge, as in trying to answer the proposed questions I get to reflect on aspects of my life that I may not have stopped to ponder much.

That said, I would like to invite some of my fellow community members to participate and tell us about their experience; they are @gabimramirez and @leslieq78.

In this opportunity, both questions are very interesting to me, however, I preferred to answer the first question since it is the first time I am going to reflect on this particular issue.

What was your position (in terms of birth) in the family? How did that experience help you become, or hinder you from becoming, a successful adult?

In terms of birth, I am the second daughter in a family of 7 children; 6 girls and a boy to be exact. Being the second daughter, meant for me, growing up surrounded by young children, living very closely my mother's pregnancies and observing how is the life of a mother, a housewife dedicated to her home and family.

Being one of the oldest daughters also implied a lot of responsibility, setting a good example and helping with the housework and raising younger siblings. Although I must confess that the idea of being a housewife did not appeal to me at all, I could see that the woman has too much weight on her shoulders. I think that because of all this reality that I lived in my home, I had the idea of studying hard and becoming a professional so that I would not have to be only a mother and a housewife.

Now after living my own experience, I realize that no matter how professional we are, we still have responsibilities at home whether we are mothers or not.

On the other hand, being the second daughter of both parents had great advantages, according to what I can reflect now after so many years. One of the advantages was the time I was able to share with my parents when we were only two daughters, there was much more time for walks, outings with my parents and perhaps much more patience on their part.

However, we also experienced discipline and rules in a more rigid way than my younger sisters, who are a decade younger than me.
But to my way of thinking, this discipline, norms, rules and values that I received from my parents are what made me the kind of person I am as an adult.

I feel that my parents did what they thought was right at the time and always with the best intention of educating us and forming us as good beings. As time went by, they softened and adapted to the times in which their children were growing up.

Today I can say that growing up in a large family was the most beautiful gift the Creator has given me. We grew up with some shortages and material needs due to the amount of children growing up and studying at the same time; but I can tell you that we never lacked love and good advice; much less playmates.

I feel privileged to be one of the older sisters, as I was able to watch my siblings grow up and see each of their achievements. Now I am the aunt who enjoys having many nieces and nephews and there are always new things to learn and enjoy.

It was a true pleasure for me to share this experience with you, thank you for reading, greetings and blessings.