International Summer Camps Programs News

I am observing mothers and daughters and told myself that if ever I will have my own daughter I will be a friend, playmate and mother…all at the same time. Better said that done; when I had my daughter my idealism seems to flew out of the window…balancing work, household chores and spending quality time with my daughter has most of my time.

I saw my daughter grow up and fear is clutching my heart as I realize that I will be losing her soon…to the computer…friends…job…without even building a kind of relationship that I wanna have. I want to build a relationship that is open and full of understanding with my daughter… and I think most mother do. Right?

Yet those dreams will remain a dream and you will see these ideas slowly uncontrollably flew away from within your reach. Now, she is ten and I know that though she shows respect and being controlled… it is a temporary status quo… there must something, someone, an idea that could bring us together.

I realized that going on a mother daughter retreats sometimes can be uncomfortable between us. There is seems to be gap between us…that I do not know how to cross. So, I have to get a leave of absence from work this summer to try to spend time with her. Though, do not get me wrong, the relationship I had with my daughter is alright; she listens from what I say; I listen from what she says but I wanted the relationship to be in a status quo wherein both of us know each other beyond the mother and daughter link.

I wanted to know how she ticks and how she acts and the same way that she would know me as a person and not only as someone who raises her. It was this summer that together we enrolled in a mother daughter summer camp. We got to retie the bond as they call it. It was then that I got to appreciate what my kid is up to these days.

I know she loves the ‘ball’. Thus, we joined training for learning soccer game. Yes, it was tiring….but it was fun and challenging at the same time. I wanted the game to be a mother daughter trip for both of us. Then we end up spending a mother daughter spa day right after a full day of activity.

Summer Camp spearheaded the bonding I got with my daughter… hoping the bonding does not end in a summer camp.