an average mom
my mom wanted to be an architect. even today as we travel in the city, she can't but notice the ugly beauty of the city's architecture. and sometimes she turns her head and her neck and her eyebrows too much just to capture the height of some of the buildings from the car window. she is an architect, alright. Oh, don't worry, she does watch the soaps, and discuss them with my maasi, when they meet. Sometimes even over the phone. But she is different... and you can see that when she is with all the aunties... she is the mom one would choose, if one were given a choice, (but this is not even a sentence, forget statement).
and she teases me... tells me that I am the daughter every mother should have. "Ma, thoda gender mistik there" i tell her. "No, i knew it was girl before you were born, you don't know what "Shahzeb'' means." and then I run.
and she tells me about work ethics... she says that work is God...and honesty towards ones work is the biggest religion."Ma, you think you would have been a successful architect?" I ask her. "Look at the two towers that i designed"...pointing to a picture of me and my bro.
"Too bad, you didn't get to be an architect." i tell her. "Too bad you won't get to be an average mom..." she tells me.
6:25 PM
to the women i know. top
2:42 PM
what do you know??
have another girfriend to my already never ending list of girlfriends...
hug!! top
3:31 PM
my regular sounding comment would be...
really loved this post..it really made me smile...
yawn!!
p.s just for the record...this blog is accessed by millions more than the people who leave comments...just that the provision for only bloggers to leave comments impedes upon those visitors' freedom of expression..
:) top
11:37 AM
Nice one top
3:29 PM
vibha,
millions? i dont know. thousands, maybe.
gaurav,
yo! "maa brother, from another-mother" top
6:45 PM
wot about all those spammers?
so wot..spammers arent' "people" anynore for you now??
;) top
9:02 PM
Schazeb, lovely thought! I think it wouldn't take anyone more than one smile from your mom to realise what a warm and beautiful person she is. Do convey my regards to her.
And I thought you would mention something about how she knows so much about cricket somewhere in your post. That's also something that sets her apart from any 'average' mom, right? top
2:07 AM
a little more dua, a lot more godiva!
much love. top
12:50 PM
stalker time?
hehe top
7:39 PM
hey ello, i almost thought you had forgotten me!welcome back, ever thought of writing on your blog?
(Ladies and gentlemen, The Stalker of the Year trophy, for the second consecutinve year, goes to...) top
4:13 PM
and now we have competition for 'ello'.
hi "sweet sister"!
who are you? top
6:58 PM
hehehe...this is so much fun..bas ab kahin se ek "sweet brother" bhi ho jaye (to add to the list of potential stalkers)..life will come a full circle!!
;) top
12:39 PM
i cant believe someone would go all the way and create an id, just to post a comment on my blog.
honestly, love. top
4:33 PM
kya kaHEIN... kya na kaHEIN yeh kaisee mushkil haye...
koi toh bata de iska hal, oh! mere bhai...
sorry man, jet-lag status. and ello is some very bad jell-O.
lekin India mein we say jellY.
:) top