Conversations with a toddler :)

One of the best conversations I have nowadays is with my LO who is growing so fast that I fear the day when he no more needs me for all the little things in his life ! Sigh...thats life so I plan to enjoy his childhood to the fullest :) He is my best buddy nowadays,  with my husband's schedule being hectic with work and higher studies.

So here are some instances of the cute conversations we have :

While going to bed:
DS: Mommy, am I important to you?
Me: *dazzled n surprise* of course baby, you are important, very much :)
He pauses for about 5 seconds and then comes the next question.
DS: Amma, what does important mean?
Me with a wide smile on my face tries to explain what important means in a simplest way a toddler could understand and luckily satisfies him with an answer...
Again after a pause of about 2-3 seconds my LO turns up to me, gives me the nicest gift of a hug and kiss and then he says "I love you mommy and thank you because I am important to you" :)
Bestest thing a mommy can hear :) made my day worth everything :)

The other day while driving him home from school and when asked what he did in school, this is what he said:

DS:  My teachers told us all about honey bees today.
Me: ok, thats nice. What is it that you learnt?
DS: There are 3 types of bees - queen bee, thrown bee, worker bee
Me: very well...so what does the Queen bee do?
DS: the queen bee lays eggs, the thrown bee just flies around eating (:p) and the worker bee does all the work all the time.
Me: oh is it...that's good to know honey !
After a little while he says: mommy, you are just a worker bee, you do all the work and u r working all the time. :)

Man!!!! Was I contented to hear this...you bet I was :)

Motherhood is in fact a bliss....proud and blessed to be enjoying it !

F.R.I.E.N.D.S !

'Friends' and 'Friendship' - none of us would have understood the meaning of these words until may be 3 years or so !

The other day my 3 yr old comes back from school and while talking about something that happened between 2 of his classmates, he showed more assertiveness in saying that his friend (one little girl among them) wasn't wrong and did not do anything :p....
Friends - we always support them, right ? The moment we like somebody and choose them to be our friend, we understand and value friends and friendships :)

I have been blessed with a lot of friends at every stage in my life...some have been with me for a long time and some I have known recently...whatever it might be I have been fortunate to have good friends and best friends, and I know for sure that each one of them are for a lifetime !

I feel proud and blessed that my bestest friends are somebody I have known and been in touch with them for the past 12+ years !!! And every year the bond between us gets stronger and my belief in friendship strengthens :)
When I got married I heard a lot of people around saying that post marriage you will not be able to be in touch with your friends and eventually your Hubby's friends will become your friends etc etc etc...yes for a while i thought that might be true because, back then I hadn't understood my DH well enough :) and also given the fact that I have a lot more boy BFF's than girls !!!! But i feel blessed to say that my hubby love is one such person who ,till date, never interferes between me and my friends :) and neither do i ....and I feel that is the best part of our relationship :)

Today I am thankful to technology and also proud to say that, inspite of my best friends being far away from me, we are still the best of friends and even today I can vouch for them...I am sure I can reach out to them any time I need them :) Yes, I should also thank my hubby for it because he never had any problems with me going out with my friends, or me getting calls at midnight (be it my girlfriends or my boy BFF's), even to this day, even after being a mom, things haven't changed much...all my friends who know me well also know that they can bother me anytime of the day :) and vice versa too ;)

Relocation gave me a chance to make new friends and as always I am blessed to have wonderful people around, it is definitely a blessing to have such like minded people around in a country far away from home and when you are missing family like crazy ! Coming here made me realize friends are nothing but your extended family :)

This post is dedicated to all my friends who have been with me always and who accept me for what I am :) love you all loads....you are a part of ME ! And will always be :)

Not working Vs In-between jobs !

Entering motherhood and relocating to a different country meant a lot of changes in me and my life...
Having to move places because of DH's job and opportunities was something that I was looking forward for in my personal life but it wasn't something I was prepared for in my professional life...obviously had to quit my job and move ! No complaints....I got the pleasure of being a stay-at-home mom, enjoyed every aspect of my child's infancy and toddler hood, I got the opportunity to understand my better-half BETTER, got the opportunity to nourish my family life,  - a little more tiring but definitely a lot more rewarding :)

All said and done...I was definitely looking at or wanting to get back to the workforce, want to get an experience of working in a different country and a totally different work culture. The first step that I took in getting myself prepared to get back to work was to take some courses which would give me some knowledge about certain topics required for my professional life.

There were a lot of things that I got to learn academically and also got the opportunity to know a few things which kind of changed my perspective of looking at or understanding certain things, made me to talk and think more optimistically :) An example : I was taking a project management class and the instructor asked the class to introduce themselves, so most of us mentioned that ' I am not working currently' for the instructor gave a better way of putting it... "I am in between jobs"... A simple statement like this not just makes people think about u seriously but it also boosts up your confidence in yourself. Most of our instructors kept saying, use positive words while speaking...it makes the listener want to listen to you more and it also make you more optimistic :)

I mean who wouldn't want to feel good while talking :) right?

Optimism always helps you to thrive and be better in whatever you are doing !

Motherhood - impeccable joy!

Updating my blog was one among the list of pass time i had ! No idea how i lost touch from my own blog...today when i was reading the old post i realized i should keep writing no matter i have something to write about or not, because reading it after a while makes me feel good about it :)

So let me restart my writing passion with a post dedicated to the precious part of ME i.e. Divith - My son !

10th July 2011 - That's when my life changed for the second time (first time when i got married :P) and this change completes me as a woman. My baby's first cry is so far the most beautiful music to my ears which would stay with my all my life ! The burst of happiness that i experienced when the doctors showed the little one to me is indescribable, the first kiss i gave him was just heavenly, that is when i realized what tears of joy mean! Always heard from my mom and lot of ladies around that being a mother is an amazing feeling...but realized how AMAZING it is only after i became one !

Had difficulties with a lot of things during the initial days of motherhood but was able to handle a lot of things smoothly because of my mom, dad, hubby, grandma, in laws and lot of elders who guided me at every step in my new world ! But as and when time is passing by, just like everybody else nature is teaching me to be a good parent...

With a kid around every moment of their life is a moment you would not want to miss...Be it their first cry,first smile, a hiccup,first food, first sound, the roll over practices, the crawling, first words, their first step towards walking, independent walking, running, trying to imitate you, trying to eat, trying to repeat the words that you speak etc etc etc...Everything is simply precious !

Apart from all those joys you get with a kid around, parenting also teaches you to be a much better person in terms of patience, perseverance, innocence, creativity.Overall, your entire world tend to revolve only around the kid ! Your mornings start only when your kid wakes up and it ends only when he sleeps in the night. You eat your food only after you make sure your kid has had his stomach full. Even with cooking you make sure you give all the necessary healthy food to your little one.When you go out you are more worried about what to make him wear, what food to pack, what toys etc etc etc. But all this you do with a smile on your face and with a sense of joy, happiness and pride :) As people say, it just comes with parenting / motherhood !

Today Divith is 20 months old and his traits - hyper energetic, inquisitive, cautious, caring, loving, he loves to be pampered and cuddled, loves cars and trucks (like all boys) and most important...Clingy to his Amma :) 

When i was speaking to a friend about my son being clingy to me all she had to say was - "Enjoy these moments Manasa, because soon he will grow up and then even if you want him to hug you, he will not have time for it". That's when i realized that i need to enjoy these moments with him now to the fullest! 

Love you loads Son! God bless you with all that you deserve and desire !

Summer of 2006 ;)

On Thursday,the 31st of August 2006 - I entered a new phase in my life,it was a day every girl would dream about and even i did !!!The day of my marriage !!!

I was keenly waiting for it...i wont deny that, but at that same time there were some vague thoughts going on in my mind about life after marriage...I had no clue why all these thoughts came to my mind...It was all obscure !!!! But all these thought seem to just vanish out after marriage...there was secure feeling !! The scare i had in stepping out of the house which gave me a lot in 22 yrs of my life,departing my parents and my lovable n most important person in my life my Sis...everything was fading away as and when i started to spend life in 'My house' after marriage !!!

Being just a daughter was completely a different life...a carefree,secure and.. just beautiful !!! I am one among those few lucky people who has got most of the wonderful things in life... Wonderful parents,who ve got me all the things i need(and sometimes i didnt need!!!) before even i realised i actually need it...be it a small thing like a pen or an eraser or lets say a two wheeler or a computer for that matter... a sister who is an angel to me,i love her more than anybody else in this world(More than Dheeraj too... ;) ...Loyal n lovable frens who ve been there with me at all times without fail... A caring,lovable,sensible n emotional hubby who means the world to me...and with the marriage package,i got two more precious people - my in laws and my ever loving chatter box sis-in-law...Ufff,too many good things !!!! These are just few....

Does all these " goody goody things" mean that i didnt have any sorrows in my life...No !!! Like all people even i had the up's n down's in my life...but the "Down's" were so well nurtured with the love of the people around me due to which i felt i can carry on in life and whatever happens... happens for good !!!! And i strongly believe in that !!!!

First job and its memories!

After a long time felt like Blogging !!!!

After getting engaged in the month of Dec '05 , i never thought i would be working until marriage. But then, Life had something else for me !!!! Between Jan '06 - Feb '06 , i got an offer to work as a Computer faculty in NIIT from where i had completed my Computer course in Computer languages...

Even though marriage was planned i joined just for the sake of some experience and knowledge... But never thought that 5 months of work with NIIT would make me fall in love with it !!!!!

Strange to hear this naaa???? But its true...today was my last official working day at work and it was real tough for me to digest the fact that i wouldnt be working anymore in the same center where i was a student as well as a faculty...

The bond i had with my students ,my Colleagues and all related staff is unforgettable... I dont get words to even express all those...But i am sure i ll miss them a lot !!!!! Not even a single day i felt my work was boring...Today being the last day i didnt wanted to come out of my work place,but had to!!!! I am happy that this work has given me a lot...i ve learnt a lotttttt.........I need to thank God for it probably !!!!! :-)

But Life is like this !!!! Need to accept the fact and carry on with things...Loads of wonderful things are waiting to happenin my Life...So looking forward for it !!!!! ;-)

Love - the madness factor ! :)

"LOVE" - A simple four letter word which has a rather complicated explanation based on each individuals perspective{even after falling in love i find it hard to explain as to what exactly it is:-)}. Anyways, let me not go deep into the explanations or i might get confused!!!!!!!!!!

I have come across enormous lines and quotes which gives a little meaning or can i say a kind of explanation about this wonderful 4 letter word, some of them for example - "LOVE is Blind", "When LOVE is not MADNESS, its not Love", "LOVE - the one word that we use everyday and the one word that words cannot define" etc etc....

Wondering why am i thinking about all these now??? Actually the other day i got a mail - A story which explains why love is blind and the relationship between Love and Madness. Even though i know this is just an imaginary story and holds no reality in it, somehow i felt nice reading it and that is when all these thoughts about Love stalked me. So here is the story - (This is a forwarded mail and i am not the creator ;-))

"A long time ago, before the world was created and humans set foot on it for the first time, virtues and vices floated around and were bored not knowing what to do.

One day Vices and virtues were more bored than ever. Suddenly ingenious came up with an idea.."Lets play Hide and Seek" he said.

All of them liked the idea and immediately Madness shouted - "I want to count ! i want to count!" and since nobody was crazy enough to want to seek madness, all of them agreed.

Madness leaned against a tree and started to count "One ,Two,Three...." and as Madness counted all the vices and virtues went hiding.

Tenderness hung itself on the horn of the moon... Treason hid in a pile of Garbage...Fondness curled up between the clouds... Passion went to the center of the earth... Lie said that it would hide under a stone but instead hid at the bottom of the lake... While Avarice entered a sack that he ended up breaking !!!

Madness continued to count..."Seventy nine,eighty,eighty one..." By this time all the vices and virtues were hidden - except for Love.

For undecided as Love is, he could not decide where to hide and this should not surprise us because we all know how difficult it is to hide Love.

Madness: "ninety five,ninety six,ninety seven..." Just when madness got to one hundred...... Love jumped into a rose bush where he hid. And Madness turned around and shouted: "I am coming, i am coming!"

As Madness turned around, Laziness was the first to be found, because laziness had no energy to hide. Then he found tenderness at the horn of the moon, lie at the bottom of the lake and passion at the centre of the earth.

One by one, madness found the all - except Love. Madness was getting desperate, unable to find love.

Envious of Love, envy whispered to madness - "You only need to find Love and love is hiding in the Rose Bush."

Madness grabbed a wooden pitch fork and stabbed wildly at the rose bush. Madness stabbed and stabbed until a heartbreaking cry made him stop.

Love appeared from the rose bush, covering his face with his hands. Between his fingers ran two trickles of blood from his eyes. Madness, so anxious to find Love, had stabbed love's eyes with the pitch fork.

"What have i done? what have i done!" Madness shouted. "I Have left you blind. How can i repair it?"

And Love answered: " You cannot repair my eyes. But if you want to do something for me, then you can be my guide."

And so from that day on, Love is Blind and is accompanied with Madness."