Terms of endearment

For as long as i can remember, I have called my mother "mummy" or "mee" for short. Somehow, I had this warped idea that "mama" was archaic and that I was way too Western to be using such a chinese-y term. There was no doubt in my mind that my children would also call me "mummy" when the day came.

Nat started uttering the word "mama" from a very young age. It may have just been baby babble and not meant to address me but those two syllables were music to my ears. I found not only the word but the way she said it simply endearing and so started adopting it in my early conversations with her. I am now "Mama" to my little Nat and would not have it any other way.

My lovely mama with the one who calls me Mama