Fed up by just sitting in house for the whole day I decided to visit the new park, a block away from my area.I walked in the garden taking in the beauty of nature and man, alike. Finally I settled on a bench. The rows of bench were located at a little height above the walking track. Lawn surrounded the rows.
Nearby, a baby girl was playing with herself. Jumping, swirling, and walking. I looked around and saw a lady eyeing the kid lovingly. Definitely her mother. The little kid by now had reached the end where she had to jump to land on the walking track. Smallest possible distance for us. But for that baby, it looked like a hill. For several minutes the baby stood there, thinking. Sometimes lifting one foot in the air only to put it back down. She was afraid, unsure. Seeing this, her mother got up and came up to her little kid. The kid looked back and smiled seeing her mother standing behind her. Immediately her foot in the mid air landed on the walking track followed by other one. She started running forward happily. Her mother smiled at her back. So did I.
What made her cross the hill?
The presence of her mother?
The feeling that nothing can happen to her when her mother is with her?
I am a very umm delicate hearted person, you can say. Even the tiniest of shadows during night manages to scare me. There are some nights when I want to sleep peacefully, as usual, but my mind is all ‘Remember this ghost movie we saw. So scary. ‘
Naturally it’s quite tough to sleep after that. So whenever the chills come I take the plait end of my mom’s hair in my hands and go to sleep. Funny I know still always effective. I get this reassurance that my mom is with me. Nothing can happen to me.
Such is the power of MOTHER that
It feels great to have her around
It feels best to have her support
It feels bad to disappoint her, hurt her
It’s like ‘jane kyu dil janta he...tu he toh I will be all right’
