This is the blog that I have been intending to write since very long time. But I don’t know where to start and end this . I am 31 years old today. How can you pen down memories of so many years in a few lines. A lot of my friends have become moms today. I ask them “How does it feel to be a Mom?” These are some of the replies that I got….Its been days since I have slept,..My baby sleeps the whole day and stays awake the whole night,..All that I do is change diapers the whole day,..I start cleaning from one end of the room & by the time I reach another end , it is all messed up again,..I have to run around the whole house to get her to eat one morsel of food,..She is sick atleast 2 times every month,…We have to plan our day according to the baby’s pattern now,..The baby starts crying at all odd places, in the church, in the shop,….and they just don’t listen. This is just a trailor of the whole picture that my parents must have gone through.
One thing that life teaches you as you grow up is you start knowing yourself, your weakness, your strength,..and above all your nature. I know that I am intelligent, smart, outgoing, a successful dr today ,which everybody appreciates…but I am also stubborn, arrogant, rebellious, moody, blunt, hot tempered…so much that I have said hurtful things to them which only my parents have tolerated and loved me inspite of all of this. You are loved only when you make someone happy all the time, respect them, boost their egos,..there is always an ” IF” involved in your relationships with a lot of people. But with your parents it is not the same way.
I have been brought up in ultimate luxury if I compare myself to my other counterparts. I was never refused anything….even when it came to choosing my life partner my parents never said no. I was given the best of the education, the best clothes,….. my school bags ,my colour box , even my waterbottles used to be different from others . I should say I was pampered by my father. I still remember him getting me watches n loads and loads of choclates every time he used to come home on his vacation.
They say marriage changes a relation between a girl and her parents.But my parents are still very supportive of me. My mom still gets worried about me if I fall sick . I recollect getting mad at my mom cause she used to always come late for my open house in school, because she was busy trying to finish house work on Saturdays cause that was the only day she used to have an off. Today I am not able to reach places on time because I have to finish my house work. My sis and I had varied taste in food , so my mom used to end up making different dishes for both of us inspite of not having time .Today I know the difficulty in making food(forget the variety that my mom used to make ) when you have to juggle between work and home.
Parents don’t do these things because they expect something in return or they want you to thank them for this. All that they want is the realization that there is a lot of effort involved in being a parent, in trying to be a perfect example for the children, in always watching their children so that they are in good company, and to see them settled in life . In the process they forget their lives, their happiness, their priorities…most of all their moments which they spend in being mom n dad when they wanted to be husband and wife and have some time for themselves. The important question is would I be able to match up to them , do what they did for me without cribbing, without thinking about me ,my career,…and most of all “MY LIFE” …the term that we youngsters have a fixation to now a days.
I don’t think I would thank my parents, I want to say to them that I realize and appreciate the hard work, the time ,the love and sacrifice and patience that they have put into shaping up my life and making me what I am today , and I hope to be like them, for my child tomorrow..and If I can’t I know they will still be there for me to correct me when I go wrong…And I know I will listen to them this time.
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