This Christmas was full of surprises. On Christmas Day P’s cousins were having a party at their house and they invited her over and asked her to stay the night. To my surprise…. she agreed! I let her go thinking I’ll pick her up the next day. But she called me in the morning saying she wants to stay another 2 days! I told her I’ll pick you up tomorrow. I wasn’t sure how she will be coz it’s been a loooong time she has stayed away from home without me. She was ok. But when she came back home yesterday she broke down.

She dint realise what she was getting herself into. Masti masti mein she said I’ll stay. But she actually missed Home terribly. A couple of weeks back she stayed home while I was traveling for 4 days and she was absolutely fine. I guess that’s because she was at home. This time she was away from home as well as me in between people who she knows but never really stayed with.

What really amazed me was that she kept her feelings to herself till she dint get home. She missed me and Home there also but dint say anything or cry. She removed all her emotions only once she was back with me. I dint know that almost 8 year olds could control their emotions so much! Even we as adults are unable to control ourselves when we are upset. Sometimes we say or do things we shouldn’t. We really need to learn this quality from children.

In fact when A was in her early years program last year, I got stuck up somewhere and was 20 minutes late to pick her up from school. She sat quietly and waited very patiently. They held her hand and walked her uptil the gate. She was absolutely calm. As soon as she stepped out of the gate and saw me, she burst out into tears. And this was at 2 years!

I remember I went for a 3 week vacation to the US when P was 4. After 10 days I started going berserk. I was snapping and getting irritated. And I knew why…. coz I was homesick (and pregnant which I dint know ☺️)

I still don’t know how P managed. Although after she is back she is sticking to me like glue 🙄. I’ve had to hug her and kiss her and play with her through the day so that she is better. She was counting the days she has till school reopens And seemed upset when it was only 4 more 😀