This Mother's Day

I pledge to

• wake up with you at 7.30 A.M to answer the kukol's call...smiling!
  
• look at the food on the carpet and my clothes as food art and treasure them for your creativity.
  
• make chasing squirrels as higher priorty to folding laundry.
• sit with you to watch the moon rise and count the stars.
  
• count my blessings by the number of times you smile and not the things I have. Though an iphone wouldn't hurt, you know!
• read stories aloud to keep the monsters under the bed happy.
• not kiss away your pain but give you the strength to accept the disappointments.
• rejoice in your victories, even if it is as small as spelling your Amma's name right. We all know how difficult it can be!
• give you the freedom to grow wings and fly. And I promise to wait by the window with a cup of chocolate milk!
• be true to Kumari, even if most days she takes a backseat to being your mother.
  
• be happy being your mother. There's nothing else more exciting!

But most importantly, I pledge to be not just the 'Mommy' you love to hug but also the Amma I long to be!

* kukol - Maye's name for sparrows, ants, squirrels :)