Once upon a time, in a stormy day in the flooded capital city of Bangladesh, a girl was born. Her name was Tanjina.
The seasons passed and baby Tanjina started crawling...talking...walking..and at 2 years of age, her mommy and daddy took her some place far far away for a better future. America.
Although she was Bangladeshi by blood, her heart always embraced the USA as her real home. She was the sweet quiet little girl down south who loved to draw and dance.
The older she grew the more she wondered what her purpose in life was. Many career days in school had passed and finally one afternoon, she figured out her future. All thanks to a chubby cute little lady who came as a guest speaker in Tanjina's 8th grade classroom. "Every time I do it, I fall in love with my job again. Because you see the miracle in front of you." That was all that lady had to say.
High school, you know gow overrated it can be. The course overload, homework over the long weekends, summer vacation even, homecoming drama, football, SATs, college applicarions, provacative appearances, those popular crowds....oh the distractions....they just made boring Tanjina overwhelmed. She was ready to get out of that chaos and start her life all over again. She was going to represent her true personality in college, with her dreams of becoming a doctor.
Yes, you heard right. Her friends were going to be doctors. She apparently loved biology. So why not give it a shot?
Tanjina shot...and missed...shot again, and missed...started losing hope...even changed majors last minute to business, and missed big time. She discovered how much she despised business. She went back to her comfort courses in science...still confused as hell about her career when all of a sudden, prince charming knocked on her door....and she opened it...and yes he did come from far far away...and so they got married and lived happily....in Sweden. Score.
Except for the times when she thought about her dream of doing something for people...working...getting paid and finally making her dreams come true. She felt lonely...missed hee family and friends...missed home...even missed Bangladesh, her other home. She struggled learning swedish. She started having identity crisis. It was high school all over again, she thought. All those years ahe transformed from a quiet shy little nerd to a smart outgoing ok looking girl was for nothing. She was back to being short, quiet, shy, stupid....and confused. She experienced something new, in this new life of hers. She experienced failure. Lots of differenr kinds. No matter how she failed, however, her husband was always by her side, encouraging her.
This gave her strength and shefinally fueled up for change. That was when the words in her head were clear..."Because you see the miracle in front of you.." Tanjina was going to become a mother. She went through a tough pregnancy her first trimester and experienced her stay in the lonely hospital bed for several nights. All she could do was watch disney songs and think of her little miracle. "Get yourself together Tani. You have to stand by yourself...nobody else does that for you" she told herself.
Tanjina finally admited all she ever wanted to do was give birth to babies. She wanted to be a midwife. She was ready to start even with a baby bump.
She was not going to give up!
2013 May, her baby boy was born and all she could think of was the magical moment when a baby comes into this world. Amazing. That is how we all came here. Just amazing.
Tanjina will try her very best to become a wonderful midwife...she is almost there....
To be continued...
The seasons passed and baby Tanjina started crawling...talking...walking..and at 2 years of age, her mommy and daddy took her some place far far away for a better future. America.
Although she was Bangladeshi by blood, her heart always embraced the USA as her real home. She was the sweet quiet little girl down south who loved to draw and dance.
The older she grew the more she wondered what her purpose in life was. Many career days in school had passed and finally one afternoon, she figured out her future. All thanks to a chubby cute little lady who came as a guest speaker in Tanjina's 8th grade classroom. "Every time I do it, I fall in love with my job again. Because you see the miracle in front of you." That was all that lady had to say.
High school, you know gow overrated it can be. The course overload, homework over the long weekends, summer vacation even, homecoming drama, football, SATs, college applicarions, provacative appearances, those popular crowds....oh the distractions....they just made boring Tanjina overwhelmed. She was ready to get out of that chaos and start her life all over again. She was going to represent her true personality in college, with her dreams of becoming a doctor.
Yes, you heard right. Her friends were going to be doctors. She apparently loved biology. So why not give it a shot?
Tanjina shot...and missed...shot again, and missed...started losing hope...even changed majors last minute to business, and missed big time. She discovered how much she despised business. She went back to her comfort courses in science...still confused as hell about her career when all of a sudden, prince charming knocked on her door....and she opened it...and yes he did come from far far away...and so they got married and lived happily....in Sweden. Score.
Except for the times when she thought about her dream of doing something for people...working...getting paid and finally making her dreams come true. She felt lonely...missed hee family and friends...missed home...even missed Bangladesh, her other home. She struggled learning swedish. She started having identity crisis. It was high school all over again, she thought. All those years ahe transformed from a quiet shy little nerd to a smart outgoing ok looking girl was for nothing. She was back to being short, quiet, shy, stupid....and confused. She experienced something new, in this new life of hers. She experienced failure. Lots of differenr kinds. No matter how she failed, however, her husband was always by her side, encouraging her.
This gave her strength and shefinally fueled up for change. That was when the words in her head were clear..."Because you see the miracle in front of you.." Tanjina was going to become a mother. She went through a tough pregnancy her first trimester and experienced her stay in the lonely hospital bed for several nights. All she could do was watch disney songs and think of her little miracle. "Get yourself together Tani. You have to stand by yourself...nobody else does that for you" she told herself.
Tanjina finally admited all she ever wanted to do was give birth to babies. She wanted to be a midwife. She was ready to start even with a baby bump.
She was not going to give up!
2013 May, her baby boy was born and all she could think of was the magical moment when a baby comes into this world. Amazing. That is how we all came here. Just amazing.
Tanjina will try her very best to become a wonderful midwife...she is almost there....
To be continued...
