Big Sister wannabe

Is it me, or am I sounding three times older than my age? Was just skimming some of my previous posts, and realized some of 'em could have been written by a nostalgic someone in her 50s or 60s, tripping down the memory lane. Not that there's anything wrong with sounding "mature" (maybe), but if someone in her twenties sounds like her grandmother, then something must be hokey.

Anyway, I've been thinking about signing up as a big sister for the Big Sisters. For years now I've been wanting to volunteer for this thing and have a "little sister" for a friend. The only thing that held me back, apart from my perennial excuse of being busy, was my doubt about whether I'd be a good enough big sister for a young girl. In several previous posts I've hinted that I'm carrying some heavy baggage from my childhood, and some of those issues are still unresolved (therapy, here I come!!!). I wonder how my dark past will play out if/when I sign up to be someone's big sister. The last thing I wanna do is screw up somebody else's life.

Should I be deemed "safe" enough to be a big sister, these will be some things on my agenda:

• Learn scrapbooking.




• Join the local dragon-boating club.




• Learn to ride a bike. (I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I can't ride a bike--I have a bike-phobia or something. Maybe my little sister could teach me how to bike instead.)




• Learn rollerskating. (Note to self: Buy a klutz-proof butt pad.)





We'll watch Pussycat Dolls' soft-porn music videos and learn the choreography together.






• Stop saying cuss words, especially "bitch," "hoe," "sisterfucker" and "skank." I don't want my little sister calling other girls names that she herself wouldn't want to be called.




• Indoctrinate her in feminism lite. I'll do this the "reverse psychology" way. We'll go out getting hair weaves sewn in close to our scalps à la Tyra Banks, get makeover treats, manicure, pedicure... I have a couple of girlfriends going to beauty school; they could give me massive discounts (please, girlfriend, it's for charity!).
  

  "Darling Daisy"...here's the artist

  
  Little Sister and I will also be trying out girly clothes at the mall (without actually buying them), just to see how cute we can be. We'll watch Pussycat Dolls' soft-porn music videos and learn the choreography together. Perfect entry points for discussing body image and gender, but hopefully in a cool, fun way that won't alienate her. (There goes my old momma tendency again... sigh.)



• If she's a girl from an immigrant family, we'll also go about exploring postcolonial histories and literature. But only if she enjoys it (which she hopefully will).




• Any other ideas, anyone?

"Big Sister" on TrekLens
Location: Nepal
~ This pic touches my heart; I had to include it here.

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Tags: :: a day in her life :: career and (anti-)cubicle :: growing pains :: hodgepodge hippie :: postcolonial woman ::
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