To Mom…With luv…

Ours was a typical conventional mother-daughter relation to start with. You being the hard task master wanted everything to be perfect n organized and I tried to be the most stubborn lackadaisical child ever.

I never really liked u; not that I hated you but you’ve always seemed cold n indifferent to ME n I don’t know why. Probably, we had literally too little time for each other or probably coz I thought you never really donned out of your suite of being a headmistress even after coming home. You just never seemed to change gears…

I do remember, a few occasions when you told me bedtime stories of ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ n ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ and when you came for my annual day fests in 1st n 3rd grades.... I just loved it… n I longed for more of such occasions… All I needed was a pat on my back or an occasional hug ma…. Jus to assure me you were there for me when it mattered.

My teen years were the toughest for both of us… n I learnt things the hard way. My frequent bickering annoyed you to the core. We always seemed to have different opinion about everything under the sun… (Incase I found you had a similar thought, I looked for something completely opposite). Everything that was going on in our lives seemed to reiterate the stereotyped “Generation gap” n the “Communication failure” philosophies and I never even attempted to set things straight.

Out of the blue…… things started changing… you wanted to talk… You tried n involved me in all the major decisions that were being taken, my thoughts mattered…n I felt more belonged.

Suddenly, spending time with you seemed to be fun. We started talking about things that I never even imagined in my wildest dreams n I realized you were quite cool… (OMG !!!!!! :-) ). Now a days I just enjoy our frivolous conversations that head nowhere…

We did take our time (quite a lot in fact!), but finally we are there mom… “in our zone”.

I jus wanna say U are Fantabulous…… n I luv you…n I am sorry for all the stupid things that I have done (sometimes intentionally) to hurt you…

Hasta la vista, baby, miss ya mommy….. :-(