Good Morning Aaliyah,
Yesterday evening I decided to put on my ‘Sincere mom’ robe
and chased you on taking up your books and read your Hindi lessons. You clearly
were not very happy about it. You
started walking backwards. But main bhi
kuch kamm nahin. I took you to the room
in which your daddy too was working on his Laptop and apparently also cleaning
an already clean room, which by the way should ‘count’ as being participative
in constructively contributing to the home improvement. That’s his code for
asking for another coffee.
I put your Dad on watch so he could motivate you. Apparently, the moment I shut the door behind
me, you put your book down and reached for the ipad.
Ipad are tablets we use
at this point in time. It will be a
vintage item by the time you read this post.
Anyways, When I was walking back to the room, hearing my
footsteps you swapped them again pretending to read. Jis School ki tum student ho, hum uss school
ke Trustee reh chuke hain beta. I
actually came into to room to check on your Dad to see if he was still watching
you. Who by the way was only looking at you.
When I left the room, I believe, I REPEAT, I believe your
father ‘CORRECTED YOUR BEHAVIOUR’ and told you, ‘ Aaliyah, this is not the
right thing to do. You should listen to
your mother. She is telling it for your
good’.
I am dead sure he said it to you, giggling all the way with
his eyes wide open and trying to appear to be inspiring. You go on to tell your
father, just as you pick your ipad again, ‘Ignore her Daddy’..
I am even more sure he had his heart in his mouth, in
happiness. He asked you, ‘Until when?’. Again eyes open wide and genuinely looking
for an answer. You go on to say ‘Until
she improves’.
Aaliyah…sweetheart, I am sure there is lot of scope for
improvement in me. Trust me, there are
other moms out there going crazy with pushing kids to pursue things they have
no clue about and I am laying off just to let you BE.
But today when you come back from school, you have tons of self
improvement TO DO today overnight. Bola tha maine.. Jis
School kit um student ho, hum uss school ke Trustee reh chuke hain bet… Doing
a lil dance here. :)
