The Balancing Act

The small little feet that kicked inside me Gave me the first glimpse of motherhood The frail, little angel , cocooned on my lap Gave me the first flicker of a mother’s worry The love and affection , the scoldings and arguments The worry and protection and your endless strength Made sense to me , I started fitting in your shoes the moment my little angel was born As a mother I started to understand my mother Who lived a turbulent life Had the spine of steel Is an epitome of strength Who never wilted under the hardest of storm Who always protected us through the harshest parts of life I would like to say thank you for this wonder ful life I would like to say sorry for every tear you shed because of me I would like to say you are the best mother You are the strongest You are the reason I can be a working mom And still be at peace about my children Safe and sound and loved in your lap Thank you mother for everything And sorry for all the hurt ...

Sometimes it needs a little prompting to get the best out of you, and I am definitely one of those, I need a good prompt to do my bit of writing, especially the best one that is. The story goes like this, it was ‘Mothers day Meet’ at my younger daughter’s school, she is in UKG and her school organizes this day with a lot of activities and fanfare every year, so I went to the school all excited , as my little one was there in the dance programme dancing to the tune of ‘Naani teri morni ko mor le gaye’, so I got her Naani that is my mother also to come with me and enjoy her dance, and since I had been attending this function every year I near about knew the all the activities that would follow. So there I was sitting pretty and enjoying the sight of toddlers and teachers and enjoying the company of so many other mothers who had gathered there. Suddenly there was a twist to the story as the Prinicpal announced that they had arranged a small activity for the Mothers too, they had a...