Children Rule!

 As children we were never bored... Mummy encouraged creativity and never restricted playtime.  We played literally all the time and there was really no study time at home. But, we were extremely attentive at school and excelled academically. We would be finished with homework by the time the teacher finished writing the math or the study questions on the blackboard. 

Mummy on the other hand would ask us what went on at school, what new things we learned that day, etc, and by making us recollect, she actually clarified our understanding and reinforced our memory. She would also check our test grades on a daily basis at school to make sure we got at least 9 out of 10, if not 10 out of 10. She expected us to know what we got wrong and why, so that we would never make that mistake again. She made us feel like the school and getting the top grade is part of child play and fun.  

So as a mother, I too let my children play to their hearts’ content and I played with them a lot. I never enforced a study time at home, but had lots of story times and free play. When kids wanted cookies we would all roll up our sleeves and got our hands dirty. If we had worried about the kitchen getting messy… we would have missed the real blessing. The kitchen would be there, but the childhood would be gone. Children grow up too fast and there would be plenty to worry about when they grow up.  

I am thankful to mummy for being a great role model of a mother.  Our joy of having children around is definitely her influence.

I am my mother's daughter,

VeerajaR

Christmas Bliss!

The gifts of Christmas - 

JOY, Love & Peace, 

shall be yours this Holiday season!


Childhood bliss...

I am blessed that mummy had understood this and while being strict had let us enjoy childhood to the fullest. 
Christmas each year had been, as for most people, a time full of expectations, excitement and fulfillment - may it be carols,visit to grandma's and relatives, the array of festive treats and cakes (fruit-rich cake, Yule-log cake, Butter cake) not mentioning the Santa's visit filled stockings... The Christmas crackers which we called "Bon Bons" were a must and brought on so much joy for me and my brother. I loved to  put up the Christmas cards Grandpa received from his nieces & nephews from Malaysia and around the world. Grandma had never discouraged my endless questions of who's who (Chelliah mama & Chellachi, Dr. Alfred uncle, Dr. Duraisamy, William Iyathurai, Devadasons: Rose & Lily Machaal, A.S. K & Breckenridge, etc) & where, and thus my quest for ancestral history. 

The annual Christmas plays at school allowed us to be an angel one year, the Herod or Mary another year and to imagine and feel the events around baby Jesus's birth. I was also intrigued by the 3 wise men from the east  who followed the star to find the holy infant from afar.... Mummy would tell me "Yes, Jesus came as a child for us only." She would often add "Childhood is the best time; but, sadly it doesn't last long." It is so very true... Years just fly by and before we know it, we are older than mummy was when we had this conversation. Bless her soul... for she had been the greatest mother I have known!


May our hearts rejoice in the Joy of Christmas and childhood bliss! I am my mother's daughter,

VeerajaR


P.S._
The childhood bliss: Joy, Love and Peace is so exuberant in this picture of Maggie & the children and I wish my little niece was here with us.

Prize Design!

Child with a Kaleidoscope

I see a hopeful child with a kaleidoscope

Smiling rainbows...

 as he reigns

Forgiving his prize design 

Mercy

Flowing over mankind!

Poetry Copyright©2012VeerajaR




I am my mother's daughter, VeerajaR