My mother is a lioness I don't want to use 'was' because she is still a lioness even though she's a little bit calm now but there's alot of story to tell of when I was alittle girl, mine was having a touch of military training because I was drilled to the fullest so in respect to that I would like to say happy new month to all of you wishing you all the best of what this month can offer, our contest of today's Reflection On Childhood Discipline.
If am asked to reflect I would have much to say but for this post I would just be picking on one experience that has stick, so on this day I went out to a friend's house to watch movie, I was still in secondary school by then probably SS1 so I had a classmate who we were in the same class and area together, I usually go to her house to watch movies because even when I was small I love watching movies.
On that day I also went to watch movies in her house and before I came back my mom had already come back from where she went to, when I came back she lured me to her room, locked the door and started to beat me mercilessly, she saw the cloth I wore and told me she had warned me not to wear this cloth again, in that process she tore the cloth on my body with her hands and told me that since I want to walk naked she has helped me.
My dad was telling her at that moment to open the door but until she was satisfied with disciplining me she didn't open the door, my offense to me was not grievous to the extent of what she did but on her side going out like that was too exposed for me and since I always rebelled and went to that same place she thought to leave a reminder that would stink just Incase tomorrow I would want to rebel again.
She beat me that day till I was tired of shouting and begging, after that it was time to go to church and when others were going she told me to stay back that there was no need of me going to church since I had rebel I should just stay back with her and work. It was most of that discipline that kept me in check that even till I do not comfortably stay out late, I'm conscious of the places I go and it has helped me drastically.
It was not just one drilling, there were multiple of them until I was trimmed and most of those punishment didn't seem palatable to me then it was more like they hated me much but now when me and my mom are best of friends.
I love, honour and appreciate you, thank you for your time.
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