As I brought my daughter from her school today as a 5 year old, I couldn’t help but tear up wondering where the last five years have gone. How did my small ray of sunshine grow into such a beautiful, independent, sassy and smart girl? How did she become so independent to walk to her class from the school main gate without looking back, and marching towards her world of learning? How confident she has grown to give a thank you speech in front of 100s of people. How far we have come along as mother-daughter. Though this time is only a fraction of my life, the years have been nothing less than heavenly fulfilling.
Five years, a blur, a fast forward whirlwind. The greatest five years of my life. The most beautiful moments of my life wrapped up in a nutshell.
If I close my eyes I can still go back, feel her precious tiny hands wrapped around my finger, when i first held her, the wispy hair spread across her head, the kitten like eyes twinkling at me without a blink, the smiles she made while sleeping off and the first steps she took, so determined and proud!
I can still hear her first little laughs, the first time she said mumma come here, mumma i love you. It’s all there right in front of me, memories just for me, exclusive to us.
So here i want to write down a formal thank you to the one who gave me the most important title in my life. Thank you for making me a mother, my cupcake, my sunshine. For giving me a reason to laugh and love harder than I’ve ever known, than i have ever experienced. To letting me feel all that i have felt in the last five years. Allowing me to be blessed with the pure joy that only a child can bring. And you have brought immense. Definitely there have been downs too, but when I look at the fullness of my glass, I end up ignoring all the downs , compared to the ups we have had so far.
So each passing day i pray to god to let you thrive. I hope you keep me, your mother, close to your heart, be kind to everyone you meet, be brave, have fun, love without hesitation and make the most of each day. That you always appreciate smallest of things, as you do now at five. That you tell me the most mundane things when you come back from school. I hope you always know how much you are loved, how important you are in this world of ours. You will do great things my lovely warm sunshine, I’m blessed to watch your life’s journey unfold.
Thank you to moon and back.
Mumma.
