Gen Z Speaks: A letter from me, aged 25, to my mum when she was 25

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Dear Ma — in the year 1998, Bill Clinton is impeached, George Clooney charms his way through the hit show ER and into your affections, and you become a mother.

Ms Angelitha Jayaraj and her mother, Mdm Sujatha Philominraj, at their home on April 28, 2024.In the year 1998, Bill Clinton is impeached, George Clooney charms his way through the hit show ER and into your affections, and you become a mother.

My grandmother, your mother-in-law, often said that women leave their best years behind much earlier than men, but you will never let me believe that. I cannot help but wonder if anyone has ever told you not to believe it either; if you knew, at age 25, that you had other options. Still, my decision to enter into parenthood rests in my hands, a privilege many women before me have not known.

You exchanged letters with him during this separation, letters in which he endeared himself to you so irrevocably that you were willing to leave an entire life behind and make a new one with him in a new country. You will make a wonderful life for yourself here in Singapore, filled with love and respect. You will have a new family to contend with and care for.

If anything, you would’ve preferred I arrived sooner. “So stubborn,” you will complain on multiple occasions, equal parts exasperated and fond, “you only do what you want.”Your long-awaited child will arrive in a matter of months. She will seem like a miracle to you, and you will treat her like one.

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