HOUSEWIFE? OR DOCTOR? OR BOTH?

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EVERY PERSON HAS DREAMS IN THEIR CHILDHOOD BUT THESE DREAMS FADE AWAY WHEN WE GROW UP. WE OFTEN TEND TO FORGET THESE SOMETIMES DUE TO JOBS OR SOMETIMES THAT DREAMS ARE NO MORE SPECIAL TO US. I MET A LADY AROUND 2 YEARS BACK , AT THAT TIME SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. I VISITED HER HOUSE ON A INVITATION OF HIS HUSBAND. MY WHOLE FAMILY WAS INVITED ON HER HUSBAND'S BIRTHDAY PARTY. SURPRISINGLY, WHEN I MET HER COUPLE OF DAYS BACK SHE WAS A DOCTOR. SAME FACE, SAME ATTITUDE, SAME CLOTHES BUT THIS TIME SHE WAS NOT SERVING SOMEONE DISHES BUT INSTEAD SHE WAS TREATING PATIENTS. I WAS A PATIENT THERE TOO😅. I WAS BIT SHOCKED BUT MORE THAN THAT I WAS SURPRISED.I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE VERSATILITY OF LADY , HER TRANSITION WAS SOMETHING WHICH MADE ME CURIOUS ABOUT HER STORY AND WITH ALL MY HEART I FORGOT MY PROBLEM AND BECAME A THREE YEAR OLD WHO LONGS FOR STORIES OF WONDER WOMAN. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT SHE WAS ALREADY MY HERO TILL NOW I WASN'T KNOWING HER STORY. SO WHEN MY APPOINTMENT NUMBER WAS ANNOUNCED I WENT TO HER CABIN. SHE WAS HUMBLE ENOUGH TO MAKE ASK ME TO HAVE A SEAT. I MADE MYSELF COMFORTABLE AND WAS STARING AT HER CONTINUOUSLY. IN THE BACK OF MY MIND I WAS STILL THINKING THAT 'IS SHE THE SAME LADY I MET TWO YEARS BACK?' OH...MAN! SHE WAS SO CHANGED. 
SHE ASKED ME ABOUT MY PROBLEM, AND I VERY BLUNTLY REPLIED "YOU". I DON'T KNOW WHY I DID THAT MAYBE I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW HER MORE, KNOW HER JOURNEY. SHE GAVE A VERY SHOCKING REPLY AND SHOUTED IN A LITTLE BIT LOW VOICE, "WHAT?!". HER SHOUT GOT ME BACK ON MY SENSES AND I REALIZED I WAS SEATING IN FRONT OF HER  AND NOT IN MY DREAM WORLD. I ASKED FOR APOLOGY AND TOLD HER HOW I MET HER COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I WAS DESPERATE TO KNOW HER JOURNEY. SHE WAS SWEET ENOUGH TO GIVE A SMILE FULL OF BLUSH AND SAID, IT WAS MY DREAM. THEN I ASKED HER AGAIN, "WHEN IT WAS YOUR DREAM, WHY WERE YOU HOUSEWIFE YOUR HALF A LIFE?". SHE THEN BEGAN TO TELL HER PAST.

"I WAS AROUND 6 WHEN I WENT TO A HEALTH CHECK UP CAMP WITH MY FATHER. I WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED BY THE PROFESSION OF SERVING AND TREATING OTHERS WITH CARE. THAT DAY I DECIDED THAT I WILL BECOME DOCTOR AND HELP MANY PEOPLE TO GET CURED. EVERYTHING WAS FINE TILL I WAS 16 AND WAS NOT KNOWN TO THE REALITY. I REALIZED THAT AS SOON AS I WILL TURN 18 MY PARENTS WILL MARRY ME TO SOME RICH GUY. SO I STARTED REBELLING, I TOOK MY PARENTS TO EVERY THAT PLACE WHICH CAN CONVINCE THEM THAT BEING A DOCTOR IS SOMETHING WHICH WILL GIVE THEM RESPECT AND POSITION IN THE SOCIETY AND I DON'T NEED A MAN FOR THAT. BUT THEY WERE NOT CONVINCED. SO, I DECIDED THAT I WILL STUDY AND COMPLETE MY EDUCATION FROM MY IN LAW'S PLACE AND TO MY SURPRISE MY FATHER ALSO AGREED AND I WAS ON THE TOP OF THE MOON. EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT, ACCORDING MY PARENTS I WAS GETTING MARRIED AND I WAS HAPPY THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE MY EDUCATION. I WAS MARRIED TO A RICH AND WEALTHY MAN WHO HAD A HUGE FAMILY. I WAS SO BUSY WITH HOUSEHOLD CHORES THAT I WAS UNABLE TO MAKE TIME FOR STUDIES. AFTER TWO YEARS WHEN THE CRAZE OF NEW FAMILY MEMBER WAS NO MORE IN THE HEADS MY FAMILY I DECIDED TO CONTINUE MY STUDIES. I STARTED STUDIES AND I ASKED MY HUSBAND TO GET ME AN ADMISSION IN AN LOCAL COLLEGE. HE AGREED AND THE NEXT DAY ITSELF HE TOOK TO ME THE NEARBY COLLEGE. NOW, HERE CAME THE SETBACK FOR ME, I WAS MARRIED IN THE PROVINCE WHICH WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROVINCE WHOSE EDUCATION SYSTEM I FOLLOWED WHEN I WAS IN MY PARENT'S HOUSE. AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NO CENTRALIZED EDUCATION SYSTEM AND I REALIZED THAT I CAN'T CONTINUE MY STUDIES ANY FURTHER. I TRIED TO ASK MY HUSBAND THAT IF I CAN CONTINUE IT FROM MY PARENT'S HOUSE BUT HE REFUSED. I WAS HELPLESS. I ACCEPTED THAT MY DREAM OF BECOMING A DOCTOR WILL ONLY BE A DREAM AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE IT. THEN YEARS FLED, I HAD TWO LITTLE BABIES AND TIME FLEW IN TAKING CARE OF THEM, TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BEING A DOCTOR BUT I DEFINITELY BECAME A GOOD DAUGHTER IN LAW, A GOOD MOTHER AND A GOOD WIFE.
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THERE WAS A CAMP IN MY LOCALITY OF 8 DOCTORS WHO WERE TAKING CLASSES FOR ACUPUNCTURE. TILL NOW MY CHILDREN WERE INDEPENDENT AND MY FATHER AND MOTHER IN LAW WERE NO MORE PRESENT THERE.I ASKED FOR PERMISSION FROM MY HUSBAND AND AS USUAL HE WAS SO SWEET TO NOT TO DENY IT. I WENT TO THE CAMP IT WAS ABOUT 3 MONTHS LONG. I TOOK CLASSES FOR ACUPUNCTURE AND GOT A GOOD SENSE OF TREATING PATIENTS AND SOLVING THERE PROBLEMS. AND THAT DAY I COMPLETED MY HALF LEFT DREAM WITH A CERTIFICATE IN MY HAND CERTIFYING THAT I AM CERTIFIED ACUPUNCTURIST. I FELT SOME TYPE JOY WHICH I NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE, IT WAS A JOY OF LIVING MY DREAM." AND SHE STOPPED WITH A GENTLE SMILE ON HER FACE.
I WAS SO HAPPY WITH HER STORY THAT WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE FINALLY BECAME DOCTOR I WAS SQUEALING IN HER ROOM OUT OF HAPPINESS. THAT DAY I GOT SENSE OF WHAT DREAMS ARE; THEY ARE SOMETHING WHICH SERVES US A PURPOSE OF OUR LIFE AND GIVE US A BEAUTIFUL REASON TO LIVE.

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