It was a beautiful evening and a special one at that. It was my daughter’s ex-school’s and my son's annual day function which happens at the fag end of the year. We were one of the special invitees for the function. Every year the function is based on a theme llike here. This year's theme was " Krishna ke anek rang, radha aur meera ke sang".
I entered the auditorium a bit late, my husband dropped me at the venue enroute to the airport. I occupied the corner seat near the exit door when the chief guest was giving his speech. A feeling of pride enveloped me as I was a privileged invitee to be there along with 19 other proud parents of achievers in the Standard X exam. The chief guest's speech would be followed by the awards function and then the cultural program.
As I sat there, waiting for the awards function and my daughter’s name to be announced, my mind raced back to the first day when my dot started her schooling. After a lot of vacillations between should we put her in a montessori or a proper school, we decided to put her in a ICSE school in Bangalore at the age of 2.6
I took her to school on the first day, the usually bubbly child was teary eyed that day but never spoke out her fears. She appeared in control and recited the shloka of “ yaakundendu tushara haara davala …” after me, and my matured dot tried to conceal her tears. She diverted my attention from her by showing me a poster of "Stuart little" pasted on the wall enroute. She was also infact concerned about her two month old baby bro back home.
On reaching school, when she went into the arms of her smiling and welcoming teacher Suma Lokesh and seeing other children she seemed normal and happy. It was my turn to be teary eyed. With a heavy heart I left her at school and thus started the journey of our lovely girl child and she moved into this CBSE school when we shifted here. She beautifully balanced her studies, arts, music and sports and won many allrounder awards and co-scholastic certificate of excellence without any external tuitions.
She never crammed or rushed during exam times or never believed in studying a week before her exams. She would do follow-ups on a daily basis, played and attended her music and art classes even a day prior to her final exam. A child who is sensible and sensitive to other’s needs that sometimes I wish she put herself before others.( a mom’s heart you see)
She never crammed or rushed during exam times or never believed in studying a week before her exams. She would do follow-ups on a daily basis, played and attended her music and art classes even a day prior to her final exam. A child who is sensible and sensitive to other’s needs that sometimes I wish she put herself before others.( a mom’s heart you see)
And 13 years later, there I was seated in the auditorium with bated breath to witness the awards function. The announcer called out my dot’s name and said “Toppers award for securing CGPA 10 in the AISSE”. I clapped and clapped till my heart’s content along with the other invitees. Tears of joy filled my eyes , recording that moment as one of unforgettable moments of my life when I got goosebumps too. I turned around to see everyone in the auditorium clapping for her and that euphoric moment became another special moment worth recording.
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A glimpse of the evening
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( a diagonal shot from my seat, the school does not allow parents to click photos)
My husband unfortunately missed the event due to his travel plans.
A glimpse of the evening
My husband unfortunately missed the event due to his travel plans.
