I've always had a plan for her. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/c33dc9/620x0/1/0/2025/04/23/awwv0pu7BZZiRQ7nttQJ4mskwqrbked86nx83zer.jpg" alt = "from life taken." Instead of a doctor, my daughter chose the worker ": I am afraid that she will not give her life she deserves " styles = "background-color: rgba (206,184,196,1)" > < p > well -raised, educated, talented & ndash; I knew he deserves the best. I took care of her languages, tutoring, additional activities. M & oacute; I saw: “I do not sacrifice myself for you to finish like me & ndash; with dinner on the table and a disappointed look in the mirror.”

< p > She knew what I expected from her. I dreamed that one day he would show me someone in a suit. Doctor. Lawyer. Someone who not only loves her, but will give her stability, respect and class. I dreamed of & Hellip; and I was building a future in my head, which she did not even choose.

< p > until Kt & oacute; rear -day brought his.

< P >& ndash; Mom, meet the brand & ndash; She said with a smile. & ndash; He works in a building. He is a great professional. Lives nearby.

< p > I looked. His hands & ndash; rough. Nails & ndash; with cement. Clothing & ndash; Working, clean but working. Not m & oacute; Like a movie & oacute; w. He did not have politeness. But he looked at her & Hellip; with tenderness.

< p > I could not accept it.

< p > & ndash; Child & ndash; I said when we were alone. & ndash; You had other ambitions. You were to be the wife of a doctor, not a peasant from a concrete mixer. He won't give you a dignified life. What, you will eat sandwiches on the construction site ?

< p > fell silent. And only in her eyes she had something that I have never seen before & ndash; disappointment.

< p > We didn't speak for weeks. I thought it would pass. That he will get smart. That he will be pleading for understanding.

< p > but did not come.

< p > came a letter. Handwritten.

< P > & AMP; Bdquo; Mom, I know you love me. But you can't choose life for me. Marek may not have a diploma on the wall, but he has a heart that I haven't seen in any man. He loves me. I respect. He wants well for me. And that's enough. And if you think a dignified life is just a luxury, not a love & ndash; maybe you never knew me &.

< P > I read this letter ten times. Then I hid him in the drawer. And cried.

< p > because I understood that maybe I gave her everything, one: the right to happiness in my own.

< p > a peasant with cement under nails ?< br /> maybe there is no stethoscope. But it has something that many doctors lack & ndash; pure heart.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116