Mother's Day

This being my first blog post ever -- I want it to be special - here's a simple attempt at doing just that.

As cliched as it sounds, there is no greater joy than being a mother. It changes your life forever, from a carefree & careless existence you instinctively become the most annoyingly cautious, careful & worrying individual, trivial things which seemed so inconsequential earlier become the centre of your worries.

Simple things start to matter: who are my neighbours, are they safe, are they helpful, will my kids be fine when they return from school with only the help to watch over them, how do I tell my boss its my kids PTA, how do I skip work for their Annual day, how do I explain the importance of being given priority over my single co-workers for leave dates.... Sigh - they do sound trivial - don't they!

This 20 year journey as a mother has been the most liberating and fulfilling of all the smaller journeys that I have experienced. And having the most amazing, well-mannered, simple & sweetest kids in the world helps.

My advise to the younger parents is always be simple & honest. Honest that you are never perfect, honest that you will make mistakes in this journey with them, honest that you need to give an equal share of attention to work as much as to them, honest that your dreams are as important as theirs, honest that you will not always be able to inspire your colleagues to understand that being a parent requires a special kind of support and honest that you really do LOVE them the most. 

I have had the most amazing partner who has imbibed in me this honest & simple approach and together we have been successful parents.  

On this mother's day - I thank my children for bringing so much sunshine into my life -- I don't think I would have been a better human being, had I not been a mom.

A simple truth.