Dear
Angel,
[if
you are like your father, you will groan at another letter from me, but if you
are anything like me, you are grabbing each word greedily!
You can look like him, but please love the words like me :)]
You
are FIVE. Five.
Can
you believe it!
It
seems like yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital, and now you
are five.
It
took a while for me to come to terms with the fact that I was a mother and was
going to be one forever. But today after five years of looking back, I cannot
help but smile. It is a feeling of fulfillment beyond words.
Although
I am still not sure if I am a great mother, I feel that I have done some
justice to the role.
And
in this journey of motherhood, I have learnt so much from you. Here are the
five things on the top of my mind - how to love unconditionally, how to enjoy
small things, how to observe more, how to be more inventive, how to be a better
listener and I am sure I will continue learning more from you for the years to
come. You have a far better imagination than I can ever have! You listen to my
blabber about my day with such rapt attention and you retain things, I think I
share about my day with you more than I do with J* ;) and in turn tell me about
your day. Your ‘I love yous’, hugs and kisses make my days.
I
am proud to have you my dear baby. I am not going to wish you happiness and
success, I want you to get it by your own.
Fly
as high as you wish to, claim the mountain peaks. I have your back.
I
will always have your back!
Happy
birthday!
Love,
Ma.
PS
- You had your party at the circus academy. All your friends from school were there and all
of you had so much fun! On the actual day, you celebrated it in school and I
baked this for you since you are fascinated ‘Outer Space’ these days.
The cake cutting was followed by
the dinner in a Mexican restaurant. We also planted an apple tree to keep the
tradition going J
PPS
– The accounts of her previous birthdays can be read here!
