There he stood my little boy -already grown up to start his play school. Dressed in blue t shirt and a checked shorts looking around confused , puzzled as to what is going to happen in this place where so many children of his age group along with their mommies and some new aunties are hanging around . And then slowly , we had to drop him off and he shed his tears for going away to strangers for the first time .
There were only sound of crying children for the next half an hour .Then we were shooed away from that place to not hang around and make it difficult for the crying children.
We all waited patiently for the one hour to pass by but every minute was looking like an hour . Constantly peeping in through the gaps of the walls to see what our children were doing . Some grand parents went on " how can they leave the child alone"
and one mommy even cried . I was busy zooming my camera to take a click of little vihaan's reaction . With great difficulty capture two snaps ...it was so far way ..though got a pic of he asking a teacher something ..like " where am i ??? "
This is a picture that will never fade from my memory , like the one that is registered already in my mind - where Dr Nirmala put him on my tummy and said " it is a boyyyyyyyyyyy" and the tired me gathered all my energy to take a look at my sweetie pie who was gonna change the rest of my life ...yes ..my labour ward scene :-)
Now back to the school play ground , Vihaan looked like he was crying but at the same time concentrating on what was happening ..other kids ..teachers..observing them . He also caught hold of one of the older kids and walked around with her ...
My patient wait ended when they called for Vihaan's mom and smilingly i went and grabbed him and gave him a tight hug as if he had returned from war!!!!
And i felt so elated to read his first school report ....
Finally ....Vihaan's mom is also growing up :-)
