Ajumma World: The Rookie Mom

The word ‘first’ holds more caution than excitement. The greater the love, the harder the choices become. Caring for a child for the first time means facing far more decisions than one might expect — what to feed, what to dress her in, when to put her to sleep, what to teach first. Every choice is made carefully. The wish to do well is enormous, yet what one doesn’t know far outweighs what one does, so love and anxiety move together, always. On reflection, the phrase ‘rookie mom’ does not only mean clumsiness. Within it lies the resolve to take full responsibility for another person’s day, and a love that keeps learning, even through mistakes.