“The most precious jewels you can ever have around your neck are the arms of your children”
When I became a mother, I didn’t know that my emotions would swell into a tsunami of overwhelming love for my son, and as he grew, I still am in wonderment at the emotions that take charge of me. There is no one on this earth that I love so fiercely as I do my son Jeehan and absolutely nobody who can make me more frustrated than him (in a funny way)!
Every day as a mom is a roller coaster of convoluted emotions. This parenting journey has brought me my highest highs and my lowest lows. From pushing him to eat his veggies, resolving his fights, rushing through his incomplete school work, to gadget addiction, I swing to feeling proud of his straight A’s, his charming and winning ways with elders, astute learnings. I am blessed indeed and thank God for giving me a chance to relive my life with this amazing partner by my side.
His attention to the absolute minute details towards me makes me feel blessed indeed and as a parent, you want nothing more but to see your child enjoy a good quality of life and meaningful relationships in life.
I ponder and mull over every aspect of my parenting, I am beyond terrified by the idea of losing him. However, I have found the strength I never knew I had in the name of protecting him.
As I anticipate sending him off to college, watching him grow up as an adult and become a parent himself, I know I will always be met with twists and turns of conflicting feelings, in those big moments and in the smaller, everyday ones.
For now, all I can do is buckle up, hold on tight, and enjoy the exhilaration of this complicated ride.
