Mum

Aleksander Djuric Age 8 • August 2, 2021

This story is a finalist in the school aged category of Growlife Medical's annual Essay Competition for 2021. This year's theme is "stories of mothers", where stories of honesty and depth were invited to celebrate mothers through sharing love, loss, heartache, strength, grief and hope. Read on...


We like to play with my mum. She is fun. She is nice and she looks after the family and she is super dooper. 


Written by Aleks Djuric

8 yrs old 


Make Sure you vote in the Grow Medical 2021 Essay Competition by going to our Facebook Page, and liking and sharing your favourite Story of Motherhood. If this one is your favourite, tell us why in the comments, and share it by clicking one of the circle icons at the bottom of the page.


Otherwise, read on with this year's finalists entries...

Read This Year's Finalist Entries

Mothers and Daughters | Growlife Medical
By Heidi Gray August 6, 2021
An essay on "daughter hunger", the story of an eldest daughter of an eldest daughter, but not a mother to a daughter.
Essay Competition 2021 | Growlife Medical
By Imogen Stevenson Age 8 August 5, 2021
My Mum and I go out nearly everywhere together. She is the best. She works as a nurse so she is really good at making me feel better when I am sick.
Stories of Mothers | Essay Competition 2021 | Growlife Medical
By Debbie Irvine August 5, 2021
Love Story, two words written in firm, bold, creative handwriting in black pen, across the center of the page of a Cash Receipt Book, caught my eye.
Essay Competition 2021 | Stories of Mothers | Growlife Medical
By Deborah Huff-Horwood August 5, 2021
We’ve been told about the Blowhole, the must-see attraction at Kiama where we’re headed. The car is piled with our camping gear and food, and a powered
Infertility and Pregnancy | Growlife Medical
By Melissa Chin August 5, 2021
It has been a trying journey for us as we stumbled and struggled through the journey of infertility. It just has never been something that has ever crossed my mind.
Child Development Check | Growlife Medical
By Fiona Vong August 5, 2021
I find myself being over-explanatory to Louise*, “his face had a few meetings with the coffee table over the weekend, as you can see”
The first time I saw my son | Growlife Medical
By Brooke Maddison August 5, 2021
The first time I saw my son was when I visited the hospital on the day he was born. My partner and I took a tube line which snaked its way under the
Breastfeeding after Caesarian | Lactation Consultant Brisbane | Growlife Medical
By Jessica Cooper August 5, 2021
It's 12:30pm on Easter Saturday. I am laid in the recovery room with a tube up my nose. I just had an emergency c-section after 10cm dilated and 3 hours of pushing.
Mothers love | Growlife Medical
By Kristiana Darling August 3, 2021
For me, it started with a desire I didn’t know I would have. It wasn’t a desire as strong as the lady who I later donated eggs to. For her, the need to mother
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