A special moment - noticing the child within each of us that never DIES!
This is an incident that is more than a year and half old, but has stayed with me since, I have only been able to write this piece in parts and today as I try and revive my blog, a promise to myself for this year , there was no better unpublished, incomplete piece that I could complete.
Some of the best moments I have ever experienced as a mother are when Naina comes back from school , sometimes so funny that we fall down rolling on the floor , sometimes talking like 2 friends who feel so apart from 7:45 am - 4:30 pm and sometimes so overwhelming that they bring tears to my eyes.
Naina had her PE (Physical Exercise) session some thursday ..it seemed just like a normal thursday routine, none the less...I managed to get back on time from work to pick her up...she jumped out of the bus with a sheet of paper in her hand which was all rolled up. So I thought it was just one of her play sheets and didn't pay too much heed. Bhatak , she jumped right into my lap from her bus, beaming ear to ear with a twinkle in her eyes which is as prominent today and each day as it was that day.
Ok ok , so Naina ...something was different:) and there began bubbles your adda baji . " Mumma Mumma I got a certificate, you know...you know .. you know, we were suppose to dribble the ball during soccer and I did it like supercooly.. and I was one of the 6 children from the whole hugeantic class who could do it and I did it and got a certificate " This was the first time you probably understood what a certificate really meant .. and what it was like to achieve something..you have been working hard on. The happiness and sense of achievement was immense and darling the question you asked me was even more precious ..." Mumma is it ok to feel proud because of my certificate " ...yes it ok my doll .....for all the hardwork you put in...but never ever drown in that , always stay grounded and humble for all that you get and achieve in life!
Like you still say sometimes , gratulations to me , gratulations to me, you immediately called Pappi up and told him about your achievement, I could imagine Pappi beaming ear to ear, so proud of nannu prasad and the sportsman in you that Pappi believes you are .
He came back home, and took you right way to the playground with a ball and starting dribbling the ball, made you bounce it up and down and then as I looked at both of you, I saw the child in Pappi from somewhere deep inside just pop out , it seemed he was so alive at that moment .. I wish I had captured that through my lens to able to show you and him! He just started to play with you , challenge you with the ball, the sports man deep inside emerged. Suddenly it was like a full fledged game that you were both into. There was just fun and a very visible joy of being able to play something that he used to play as he was child with his child. He wanted to challenge you the way he had been challenged, wanted for you to learn the tricks in the game , feel the spirit of both winning and losing. It was a lil different him :) than the one we see on a normal day!
This brought to me a realization that no matter how old we grow , there is a child in each of us, hiding somewhere always ready to just pop out, it just needs an instance which is kind of close or related to our childhood. Mine is at its best when I am baking a cake, oooooo I love eating the left over mix ..there is just something about it and Naina , you and I dig into it each time we bake , Anayu included in the gang going forward ... also when I listen to music, specially the songs we used to play in own small town disco parties:)
You should see Tashu Masi's best when there are Cadbury's nutties in front of her, she forgets that she might have to share it with Arya Bhaiya and Mehr Didi:) . Till date Vikram Mamu hates to share the small chota alu that Nani makes with Rajma.. ask him and see what you get! Ha ha ... a tiny winy bit from his karoti or rather katora full!!! . Shivani masi is worth a watch when she see artificial nails :)))
I dont think any of us are shy of letting that part out, I feel it just gets lost somewhere between the other things that take priority as we walk through different phases of our life, its there , very there and it's ok to let it out more often than most of us do...it 's ok to feel like one when you heart tells you to , even though the mind might not at that time because of what people might say or think about you.. make the right judgement of the situation my girls and Let go.. its a very special part of each one of us..... so let go :)) !!
Cheers !
Some of the best moments I have ever experienced as a mother are when Naina comes back from school , sometimes so funny that we fall down rolling on the floor , sometimes talking like 2 friends who feel so apart from 7:45 am - 4:30 pm and sometimes so overwhelming that they bring tears to my eyes.
Naina had her PE (Physical Exercise) session some thursday ..it seemed just like a normal thursday routine, none the less...I managed to get back on time from work to pick her up...she jumped out of the bus with a sheet of paper in her hand which was all rolled up. So I thought it was just one of her play sheets and didn't pay too much heed. Bhatak , she jumped right into my lap from her bus, beaming ear to ear with a twinkle in her eyes which is as prominent today and each day as it was that day.
Ok ok , so Naina ...something was different:) and there began bubbles your adda baji . " Mumma Mumma I got a certificate, you know...you know .. you know, we were suppose to dribble the ball during soccer and I did it like supercooly.. and I was one of the 6 children from the whole hugeantic class who could do it and I did it and got a certificate " This was the first time you probably understood what a certificate really meant .. and what it was like to achieve something..you have been working hard on. The happiness and sense of achievement was immense and darling the question you asked me was even more precious ..." Mumma is it ok to feel proud because of my certificate " ...yes it ok my doll .....for all the hardwork you put in...but never ever drown in that , always stay grounded and humble for all that you get and achieve in life!
Like you still say sometimes , gratulations to me , gratulations to me, you immediately called Pappi up and told him about your achievement, I could imagine Pappi beaming ear to ear, so proud of nannu prasad and the sportsman in you that Pappi believes you are .
He came back home, and took you right way to the playground with a ball and starting dribbling the ball, made you bounce it up and down and then as I looked at both of you, I saw the child in Pappi from somewhere deep inside just pop out , it seemed he was so alive at that moment .. I wish I had captured that through my lens to able to show you and him! He just started to play with you , challenge you with the ball, the sports man deep inside emerged. Suddenly it was like a full fledged game that you were both into. There was just fun and a very visible joy of being able to play something that he used to play as he was child with his child. He wanted to challenge you the way he had been challenged, wanted for you to learn the tricks in the game , feel the spirit of both winning and losing. It was a lil different him :) than the one we see on a normal day!
This brought to me a realization that no matter how old we grow , there is a child in each of us, hiding somewhere always ready to just pop out, it just needs an instance which is kind of close or related to our childhood. Mine is at its best when I am baking a cake, oooooo I love eating the left over mix ..there is just something about it and Naina , you and I dig into it each time we bake , Anayu included in the gang going forward ... also when I listen to music, specially the songs we used to play in own small town disco parties:)
You should see Tashu Masi's best when there are Cadbury's nutties in front of her, she forgets that she might have to share it with Arya Bhaiya and Mehr Didi:) . Till date Vikram Mamu hates to share the small chota alu that Nani makes with Rajma.. ask him and see what you get! Ha ha ... a tiny winy bit from his karoti or rather katora full!!! . Shivani masi is worth a watch when she see artificial nails :)))
I dont think any of us are shy of letting that part out, I feel it just gets lost somewhere between the other things that take priority as we walk through different phases of our life, its there , very there and it's ok to let it out more often than most of us do...it 's ok to feel like one when you heart tells you to , even though the mind might not at that time because of what people might say or think about you.. make the right judgement of the situation my girls and Let go.. its a very special part of each one of us..... so let go :)) !!
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