When I first stepped out
of home to go to school, I waved back at her. I did not know where we
were going. Daddy was taking me somewhere. I had a bag on my shoulders, a
bottle in my hand, but I had no clue what they were for. A 100 metres
away from home, I turned my head around, my eyes searching for her from
between the trees that stood tall outside my house. I couldn't see her around.Where were we going this early in the morning?
A few hours later, I was among 20 unknown faces. All of my age. We played a little, cried a little, fought a little, and I waited for her to come and tell me why they were fighting with me. She did come, only when I cried my eyes out. She told me nothing was wrong. They were called Friends. That's what friends do!
A few years later, I'd go to school so that I could see a little less of her. Tuition time! 5pm -- Mother calls. She was my alarm clock back then. One call, and I knew it was time to get going. "Why?!" I thought to myself. "I wasn't running away!"
I hated taking her calls. Ditto in college. Mothers calling while we were having fun was not very cool. Specially when they were calling you to ask when you were going to be back! I know it wasnt a girls' college but still why couldn't she trust me.
In the past one and half years, the tables have turned. I get free by afternoon around 2 and exactly at 2.30pm nor something I check my phone for my mother's call. She doesn't. 3pm - I call her almost scolding her for not calling me, "Don't you know that you're supposed to call me and ask how I am? What if I face some problems or something!" She just laughs.
There are just so many things that I've figured out in these One and half yrs that I didn't realize in 24 years! She trusts me more than I can imagine. She doesn't call because she knows that I fine before she knows. I get worried when she doesn't call because I care for her, just like she did when I was younger. Bringing up kids is not easy! And turning into individuals that your parents want you to be like, is even tougher! Life is complicated and yet so simple.
One thing that will always remain -- Mom and me. The easiest, most convenient and the loveliest relationship ever!
A few hours later, I was among 20 unknown faces. All of my age. We played a little, cried a little, fought a little, and I waited for her to come and tell me why they were fighting with me. She did come, only when I cried my eyes out. She told me nothing was wrong. They were called Friends. That's what friends do!
A few years later, I'd go to school so that I could see a little less of her. Tuition time! 5pm -- Mother calls. She was my alarm clock back then. One call, and I knew it was time to get going. "Why?!" I thought to myself. "I wasn't running away!"
I hated taking her calls. Ditto in college. Mothers calling while we were having fun was not very cool. Specially when they were calling you to ask when you were going to be back! I know it wasnt a girls' college but still why couldn't she trust me.
In the past one and half years, the tables have turned. I get free by afternoon around 2 and exactly at 2.30pm nor something I check my phone for my mother's call. She doesn't. 3pm - I call her almost scolding her for not calling me, "Don't you know that you're supposed to call me and ask how I am? What if I face some problems or something!" She just laughs.
There are just so many things that I've figured out in these One and half yrs that I didn't realize in 24 years! She trusts me more than I can imagine. She doesn't call because she knows that I fine before she knows. I get worried when she doesn't call because I care for her, just like she did when I was younger. Bringing up kids is not easy! And turning into individuals that your parents want you to be like, is even tougher! Life is complicated and yet so simple.
One thing that will always remain -- Mom and me. The easiest, most convenient and the loveliest relationship ever!
