Being a single mom of 2 kids is not an easy job to do, especially when you have 2 totally different personalities wandering around you all the time. Both want your time and affection more than the other one, and it’s not a piece of the cake. Time really flews within a blink of the eye. Now my both the children are happily married, living with their spouses in 2 different countries and still want my time more than the other one, so travelling has been added to my routine.
It was my daughter’s turn so I was in Sydney with her and my son-in-law, while on the other hand, my daughter-in-law was expecting their first child. I was trying to book the ticket as the due date was approaching fast, but there were some issues with my passport and also with my health so it's getting delayed every time. My big boy was assuring me,”mom, don’t worry! Everything will be fine. I’m there for her. You take your time and please concentrate on your health.”
When did he grow up so fast, I have never seen this side of my son, I was getting restless, and whereas my daughter was checking for flights continuously she knew the storm within my mind.
And the big day arrived, Now I was a proud granny of the daughter of my son, He video called me to deliver the news, his eyes were welling up, I can see that he was missing me terribly, and when he took the camera near my little angel’s face, we couldn’t control our emotions. I just wanted to be there, to help her with the baby chores, after all, she was new to this and very naïve. I just wanted to tell her about the bathing of the baby and oil massage and everything I learned while managing my little monsters. Hopefully, my grand-daughter was not even close to them, she was so small, peaceful and her smile was to die for.
I received a message that your gift has been delivered on time. I tried calling my son, but he didn’t receive my calls. Few days passed still no answer, I couldn’t sleep at all. The different thoughts were crawling into my head, “Maybe he is angry with me, maybe he didn’t like the gift and so on…”
Then 1 day I was collecting mail from the mailbox, I saw a letter from India, it has a photo attached to it. The photo of my son, his wife and my grand-daughter, they were smiling, my son was holding his daughter in 1 hand and the basket of Herbal Baby Care Kit in other, the flowers were decorated in a vase. I read the letter, “Thanks Maa for this amazing gift, we loved it, and I am sorry for being rude to you whenever you were with didi, but now I can understand, because I’m also a father of the daughter. I can’t even imagine what you went through when you raised us effortlessly without a single scratch on your forehead. My daughter is just a few days older now but I can understand what you felt when didi was alone or sick, And I feel even more proud that I’m your son; you treated both of us equally, you were never partial to me or didi, ever. Yes, I want you to be with me, right now, but I’m not gonna force you or anything because now I understand the importance of the daughter, so take your time. Miss you mom, and thanks for being the way you are…!”

I was numb, speechless for a while; these are the small moments in life which matters a lot. You don’t have to find them; they are already with you just turn your head a little.