I was obsessed with giving my children a childhood that they will cherish.
In one of the Mallu church in KL, there was a poster on the wall near the vicarage.
“Have you hugged your child today?”
I saw the poster before I had children. And I remembered it when I had children. I remembered to give my children a hug every morning. ( Still do)
I read a million stories ( at one stage 3 stories each night and I couldn’t even skip a page cause the older ones would notice and tell me very kindly, mom you missed reading a page!).
I taught them to dance in the rain, to toboggan in the snow, took them for walks in the woods in mid winter!!
I did well.. at least I thought I did..
Yaya was busy yesterday finding a ring tone for each of the contacts in her phone. She knew the favourite music band of each of her friends and spend a lot of time to find that special song to use as a ring tone.
She asked her brother and sister what song they would like her to pick for their ring tone.
And I knew soon she will ask me about my favourite song.
I had so many favourite songs. should I pick, Bruce Springsteen’s Dancing in the dark?, Bryan Adams’s Summer of 69, Freddie’s We will we will rock you??
But she didn’t ask me for my choice. I heard her saying to her brother, “I know just what to use for mom”
And I was curious, Which song did she pick for me? ( You know that feeling… that your child knows you inside out.. and knows all your favourite songs..and the curiosity as to which of your favourite did she pick…
And I heard laughter..all three of them..
I asked her, what did you pick for me?
She looked at me..smiling like an imp, daring me to find out for myself.
I dialled her number..
I am still laughing thinking of my daughter’s choice of ring tone for her mother..