Am proud of being born a girl………..

I have never seen my amma eating delicious fruits when we used to have baskets filled at home.. I usually take a good number followed by my dad and brother (because he does not like fruits much)..Amma will always offer me the best of the best Bananas keeping the least ones for herself..I have never given a thought about it. She always takes food after all of us at home..She is very particular about the nutrition content of the food and the amount we consume.. She knows how many Idli’s, dosa’s, Chappathi’s or Poori’s each of us will eat..She knows what we like and what we don’t like..

Everyday amma will enquire about how it went on in school, college or office .. As soon as I reach home she will give me all that I need on earth with so much of care and affection..I will be lost in her..She will sit besides me to say what she did the whole day, what dad told her, what neighbours told, what paati told and some gossips too..She will never forget to ask what I did in office and about my colleagues.. She spends more than an hour talking all these..Sometimes I used to be hard on her telling ‘Why do you ask so many questions, leave me free for sometime and do your work’, but today I have realized ‘What great work she can have when I am her world’.. ‘What will make her feel happy except my presence at home and having a good chat with her’.. Now, I have somehow realized that she is the only one who loves me more than anybody else in this world..Her love towards me is boundless..I know..I can neither pay her back for this nor will she expect me to pay back..

Every Thursday or Friday she will make it a point to call my brother and me to ask if we will be coming home for the weekend.. I will always sense the feeling of disappointment from her tone if I say I cannot make a visit..Not always she will express her disappointment explicitly as she knows how important is my studies and work in shaping my career..

This is not just pertaining to my mother..but all of our mother's..they are simply great..

I hope someday I will also get into her shoes and remain in the giving end throughout my life..

Am proud of being born a girl………..