This Mother’s day let me thank my child for making me a better human. A better mother. A better me. Ever thought what do learn from your child?
That two pink lines changed me. Not just by appearance, rather somewhere deep. Before holding my little one in my arms, I prepped a lot. I read books, watched videos and welcomed most advises. Yet when my child cried for hours on the 3rd night, I was clueless. And that was first of many upcoming clueless or confused moments. For months I cried with him. I asked every passing parent how they stay sane.
It was then, that I found a Guru. My Guru is not a celestial being. He masters a serene smile most of the time. Unless hungry. He treats all living, non-living equally. All get equal attention. Seeks curiosity from all. An eager learner. And most resilient human I ever met.
My Guru is my child. A 3 months old, taught me life lesson before he spoke. Funny but true. I learnt from my child.
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A child can teach us how to live life. These carefree innocent souls are perseverant. Remember how your little one learned walking and eventually running. They try fall and try again. For hours, days and even months. Till the day they take that first step. Falling doesn’t stop there. One step, two steps and tumble again. Eventually, little ones master the art of walking. They never stop trying after a trip. I learned persistence.
Until I noticed my child diligently working on all basic movements. on rolling over, crawling, cruising, walking and running. We, humans, took such an effort to learn a thing and later take it for granted. I did the same to my body. My Guru taught me to be grateful for my health and invest in it. Put effort into fitness oversize. I relearned gratitude.
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During the same course, he taught me forgiveness. At times, I was next to him while he was tumbling yet I intentionally or not I missed him. We did have a few crying episodes, yet he hugged me the next moment. Lovingly. Truly.
I can’t recall when exactly and how it was, that he started helping me around. Be it cleaning up his toys, or filling water bottles. To assisting in drying laundry. Making morning bed and more. His strive for independence and helpful nature swell my heart. Again, he reminded me to help others every possible way.
His curiosity and eagerness amaze me. He wants to know, talk and speak about everything under the sun. In loop. While I used to stop after a while. Yet, he would make anyone speak more and more. I became more presentful in his company. Earlier I rarely noticed other variants while walking or driving. My toddler jumps at the sight of each object. Maa look autorickshaw! Oh, it is yellow. Look, look it got wheels. See, there is aunty (read sticker) too. And it never stops. Pauses, yes. Stops, nope!
I never expected my child could teach me ways of life. Well, expect the unexpected in parenthood.
What did you learn from your child? Tell me in the comments.
This post was the winner of Mother’s day writing contest by Extramile Preschool and Daycare with Anupama Dalmia and Namrata Sadhvani as judges.
It’s true—you really do learn so much from your children, especially about yourself.
Nothing is more refining than motherhood!
Agree with you, Charissa. Thanks for reading.
This is so sweet dera. Even after reading this one I am also started thinking. Really they are too small but we have manything to learn from them.
with kids everyday is a new day very very one can learn something other what my children have taught me is patience ..
That’s such a lovely take of motherhood. Loved reading it. Children indeed our best gurus.
That’s lovely writer congratulations on your win agree with you parenting and being a Mummy is a better learning its own way I have learnt a lot too
Totally agree with you, our kids teach us a lot about life. They are the greatest teacher.
So well written i completely agree i learnt perseverance and to fight for myself after my son was Born….i completely correlate with your thoughts
Agree totally. My blog title is inspired from the similar thought. It’s amazing how much they teach us.
Completely agree, children are greatest teacher to Parents, we learn a lot of life lessons from them. Congratulations on winning 🙂
This is indeed one of the most meaningful posts I hve read this mother’s day Dear ♥️
This is an ever evolving node – Parenting! Kids teach a lot of things to us and as rightly pointed persistence is one of that. You have given a wonderful vision to this topic.
I learned kindness and positivity from my little one.Great post Pragnya
This is such a thoughtful post. And you are right! We learn so much with kids, and from kids. They change our perspective about life.
That is so sweet that you are more presentful now. Your kid is making you notice little things in life and be happy! 🙂
This is so true, we can learn so much from these little humans. There selfless love and never give up attitude are few trades we all should learn. This was written beautifully and deserves winning 🙂
Congratulations on the win! And yes i keep telling everyone, children help us to relive our childhood and yet learns o much we may have misssed
Wonderfully written Pragnya! I agree with you those 2 pink lines changed our whole life. After being a mother we discover a new version of ourselves.
I completely agree with everything you have said here. We also learn bucketfuls of patience!
I absolutely agree with you. We kinda relearn everything about life once our child is born. From the very basic to the most profound stuff. And congratulations on winning the mothers day writing contest. 🙂
Congratulations on your win. It was a well written post indeed. Kudos.