The blue sky

My baby is now 9 months old. He is outside my womb for 9 months and he was inside my womb for 9 months. That is 18 months, almost a year and a half. Wow! The bonding with him started from the day I saw a small tiny dot throbbing with full vigor in the 12-13 week scan. I had tears in my eyes that day. From that tiny dot to a full blown baby in the next 9 months and after taking birth in my life, the journey from just lying there to the most current activity of trying to stand up and take steps has just been like a real life movie. I did capture most of his moments on the camera once he took birth. His expressions, his eyes and the most innocent smile on this earth are the only things I can really remember. When I close my eyes, all I can see is his toothless smile which makes me forget every pain and sad moment. If at all I am sad and angry (which is very rare nowadays), I just think of him and the smile returns to my face. Children have this knack of making you smile when y...

I should have posted this article a day or two before the last day of the year 2012. But there is a lot of difference between the "coulds" and "shoulds" and before one realizes, the time is already gone. The same thing happened with me. Before I could realize that I had become a mother, my baby was already 8 months old and getting independent day by day. On a personal front, this year was the most blessed one. God finally gave his blessings in the guise of my sweet little bundle of joy and made me the happiest person on this earth. I learnt to take care of the baby on my own much later and realized it is not easy to become a mother. There is a lot of responsibility involved; you are shaping an individual with your actions. You have to be extremely cautious while dealing with these kids as they learn by imitating you. You have to inculcate good values in them and for that you have to be near-perfect. The kids will follow you and then become just like you. T...