Seems like a long time.
There is time to breathe, to eat, to work, to sleep, to even manage to watch TV with half closed eyes or falling asleep blissfully, thankfully not missing much of anything on the TV screen! What with so many "Break Ke Baad" every 5 minutes!
Yet no time to blog a few lines!
Last fortnight, met a very interesting person, Vijay Vishwanathan of Alchemy, who runs an institute at Kasturba Nagar Main Road, Adyar, teaching drama, theatre, acting, transforming shy individuals into outspoken ones, modelling, etc to anyone who wishes to enroll, of course for a fee, age no bar, from 5 to 75 years allowed!
He is himself a young man with hands full of activities. He came across as a multi-talented individual with a passion to make a huge difference to his life and I am sure he has indeed made a huge difference to the many who have so far trained under him.
Last week made impromptu bread (soaked in water but squeezed dry quickly) cutlets with the heart full of mozzerella cheese, green chillies, whatever masalas my hands could lay on, fresh corriander leaves, some oregano to make it taste like pizza! Shallow fried them and viola! my sons liked it so much that they have asked me to make them once more.
And that once more is today! This time I have teamed up the remaining cheese with mashed potatoes and perhaps I should dip them in bengal gram and cornflour batter to make a new bonda variant!!
Must get to the kitchen quickly, as its already tiffin time here!!
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
Showing posts with label Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids. Show all posts
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday, March 1, 2010
Parents And Kids
Dear Readers,
I was passing through a road where a school is located. It seemed like rush hour traffic at school closing hour. The sides of the main road were parked with cars and two wheelers of all kinds, sizes, makes and colors. Soon the school bell rang and out rushed students from the three gates.
The parents and chauffeurs were present in large numbers to ferry their wards off home.
This made me wonder about parents being there at working hours! In many cars I found both parents waiting for their kids to come out.
This is not an exception for one school. This phenomenon is found all over the city at all schools.
This meant only thing for me. that parents are ready to put aside their work for the sake of their school-going kids.
We as a couple did the same for our very own and I should know.
Both of us decided to work from home and be there for the kids when they went and came back from school. My husband would cycle them to and fro until they could ride their own bikes at around age 9 or 10 years. They were independent yet we were always available for them at home but we were also working and busy to earn for our bread and butter.
Many parents choose to work from home or run a business where timings are flexible. But not all of us can do this kind of a thing. India being a country where family ties are still intact even though most of us live as nuclear families now. Yet the elders are just a call away for young working parents. They step in to take the responsibility of bringing kids back from school. Think of it. Our lives revolves around bringing up our kids and whatever we can give them to make their lives more meaningful and successful. It is indeed a long journey for any parent. It needs a lot of time, energy, money, patience, security, tolerance, love, kindness, discipline, and the words go on and on. Are all parents able to give most of these to their kids?
Among the above, the love and affection for our kids is the biggest investment we make for our kids. And this love and affection is unconditional. It is given without any conditions attached to it.
The parents sitting in their cars and waiting for their kids conveys one thing very strongly for me as I understand it. It is love and affection for our kids which make us do things, make us adjust ourselves to suit their timings, sell our very souls so that our kids don't go through any pain. We are always there for them whenever they need us.
I consider the day my boys were born as the best day of my life. They are gifts of God to me. May I continue to love them the same way ever after.
God bless all parents to give their very best for their kids.
God has been kind to us in giving us kids through whom we learn to love unconditionally.
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
I was passing through a road where a school is located. It seemed like rush hour traffic at school closing hour. The sides of the main road were parked with cars and two wheelers of all kinds, sizes, makes and colors. Soon the school bell rang and out rushed students from the three gates.
The parents and chauffeurs were present in large numbers to ferry their wards off home.
This made me wonder about parents being there at working hours! In many cars I found both parents waiting for their kids to come out.
This is not an exception for one school. This phenomenon is found all over the city at all schools.
This meant only thing for me. that parents are ready to put aside their work for the sake of their school-going kids.
We as a couple did the same for our very own and I should know.
Both of us decided to work from home and be there for the kids when they went and came back from school. My husband would cycle them to and fro until they could ride their own bikes at around age 9 or 10 years. They were independent yet we were always available for them at home but we were also working and busy to earn for our bread and butter.
Many parents choose to work from home or run a business where timings are flexible. But not all of us can do this kind of a thing. India being a country where family ties are still intact even though most of us live as nuclear families now. Yet the elders are just a call away for young working parents. They step in to take the responsibility of bringing kids back from school. Think of it. Our lives revolves around bringing up our kids and whatever we can give them to make their lives more meaningful and successful. It is indeed a long journey for any parent. It needs a lot of time, energy, money, patience, security, tolerance, love, kindness, discipline, and the words go on and on. Are all parents able to give most of these to their kids?
Among the above, the love and affection for our kids is the biggest investment we make for our kids. And this love and affection is unconditional. It is given without any conditions attached to it.
The parents sitting in their cars and waiting for their kids conveys one thing very strongly for me as I understand it. It is love and affection for our kids which make us do things, make us adjust ourselves to suit their timings, sell our very souls so that our kids don't go through any pain. We are always there for them whenever they need us.
I consider the day my boys were born as the best day of my life. They are gifts of God to me. May I continue to love them the same way ever after.
God bless all parents to give their very best for their kids.
God has been kind to us in giving us kids through whom we learn to love unconditionally.
Cheers!
Mahalakshmi
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