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My
angel Niti, my about to be 4 year old daughter had called me yesterday. It was
a call from our landline number, I was expecting it to be my mother-in-law,
but, to my surprise it was Niti.
As
soon as I picked up the call she said “Mummy I am back from school, had my
lunch and now going to sleep” I asked, “what did you have for lunch?” there was
a pause hmmmm.. and then came the reply that I expected “roti and sabji”
But
I could make out from the long pause that she had lied and was able to catch
her instantly on my next question “Which sabji did you eat?” and she instantly
said
“Mummy,,
I do not eat subji with milk it has to be eaten with roti, don’t you know that?”,
I felt a little annoyed and so I confronted her saying “Yes, I know with milk
you eat biscuits and with subji you eat roti” with some sternness I asked “Now
tell me exactly what you had for lunch” and the reply was “Milk”.
I
was displeased at first then thought what made her lie to me. I told her “If
you had milk and not roti sabji then why you said that you had roti sabji,
lying is not good, be true in whatever you say and do”.
Yes,
of course I was waiting for a reply from her, and, she did gave the reply a
reply that touched me deep inside
“Mummy
I know you don’t like it when I simply drink milk instead of having a proper
lunch but Mummy I also know that you have lots of things to worry about in the
office, if I say that I had milk then you would be annoyed and keep worrying about
me, I do not wanted that and lied so that you feel happy and can concentrate
better on your work, I am sorry”.
What
I felt later was overwhelming, could not be expressed in words, she is just 3
years old, an age when children think only about themselves all that matters to
them is their happiness, little do they ever think of the people around them,
and here my 3 year old was thinking about my happiness. I don’t know when she
became so caring,, there are no words to express…
Miss
you Baby
Mamma
