It was this day around 12
years back when I was cut to part a piece of me from my body and my soul.
Yes, every mother would
understand when I say this because the ten months attachment which grows like a
part of you and then are placed in front of you as a specimen – here’s your
baby!
Even though the umbilical
cord is cut, and the baby is separated from the mother, the child is never
separated from the soul of the mother. It is that connection which always makes
her worry for her child in every thick or thin times.
Thinking that it is 12 years
feels like yesterday and the handsome young man that you have turned into is
really amazing because my eyes have seen you changing from that infant to this
young man Rahi, that you are today.
Your naïve nature and
innocence have always worried me because I always feel you are in a dream world
and it is true that you’re a dreamer as your stories are also related to a
world which we all dream to be in. But the reality is much far from that and
hence, sometimes I worry how you will cope-up with the insensitive world.
But this morning when you
were telling me the incident that occurred in your class with your friend
Mahnoor, where some kid was being naughty, and they were treating other kid like
a slave and Mahnoor raised her concern with that kid as not to do but still he
did. This made Mahnoor upset and hence she went to tell her teacher about it. Class
Teacher took it as kid’s game, and she said if they are fine then you shouldn’t
bother. This made Mahnoor feel sad and angry. You as a good and caring friend
went to make her laugh and with your silly gesture she did laugh!
When I asked you why? what
made you do so?, And your answer was that when Mahnoor gets angry she gets
headache and she was holding her head, so I figured something is upsetting her.
No matter how insensitive
this world may be my dear Rahi be who you are and never change. Because this is
what we need more, and I am sure with your generation things will change.
Wishing you loads of love
and wishes for your dreams to come true. The way every day you say, ‘I love you
Mom’!, without any reason like a song, each time I thank for having you in my
life. We only planned to have a baby, but we had no clue when you will be born
and how you would be, but it happened to be on Women’s International Day – March
8th and you a Feminist by nature what can I ask more!!!
Happy Birthday Son, enjoy
and yes, eat less sweet hon!
~ Dawn
