Happy Birthday Paa.. :)

Parents are known to be the first role models for kids, for a girl her father is the strongest (“My Daddy Strongest”) and her mother is the best looking woman on planet. I would call myself truly blessed coz my parents are the best any kid can ever get. There have been times when I have cursed my luck, because of so many (stupid) reasons, and how does my luck retort? It just reminds me of my parents, and I slap my head and say.. I don’t have a right to complain coz I have already been given the world’s best treasure. So I’m one of the luckiest person on this earth (Richa and Adi are the other two) coz I have you and Maa.

And I’m sure it must not have been the easiest task to be the father of someone like me. My God!! How many questions I ask, and still you patiently answer all of them. I know I can be really cranky at times, and how could you bear all those tantrums of mine? Incredible I would say!! This only makes me feel that I’m born in a family of saints. And if its not tantrums then there are my problems that I keep bugging you with. But i have never seen you complain..forget complain, I have not even seen you give an “uff”. In spite of the demanding nature of your job how do you still manage to take care of our priorities?

Paa…  I do not mention it often but you are a truly amazing person. There is so much that I have learnt from you and still have to learn. I have learnt from you to stand by things I believe in. I have seen that you have stood for things that were right, and didn’t care whether the world was with you or not. You have instilled in me to use my own discretion and understanding to decide what is best for me. If I take pride in being independent then the credit goes to you. I have taken all my decisions coz you encouraged me to do so. I know that you are extremely protective about your family, and so I can guess that it must have been really tough for you to maintain this balance, where you shield us from hardships without hampering our independence. The confidence and trust that I have in me and my capabilities is a reflection of the confidence and trust you have in me. There have been times when I have felt like giving up but you have made me keep my faith in myself.

Paa you are the best father anyone can ever have and a gem of a person. All you kids adore you…and your family is exceptionally blessed to have you. We wish you A very Happy Birthday, and on your B’day all I can do is that pray and wish that you have a long and happy life ahead…Love you Paa….

MAA….

There can never be enough words to describe a mother…I read it today that the word “Maa” or “Mother” is an epic in itself….So whenever I think of words to describe you I cannot… in fact there is no one in the world who can ever describe you….You are the most amazing creation of God. You cry when I do well…coz you are happy and I see you thanking God for that..You cry when I’m sad and I see you praying to God to make things well for me...You smile when you are happy to make us smile… You smile when you are in pain…so as to assure us that no you are alright and no one needs to worry about you… You scold me when I make mistakes..so that I can be on the right track..you even scold me when I’m doing something good so as to avoid that evil eye kind of thing…You encourage me to do good things…and still encouraged me when I had made some really bad chapattis..Saying that “Don’t lose heart, you’ll do good”…You complain that you have to do all the household work..And when we come to help..You ask us to concentrate on our studies, you’ll do that all on your own...I have never seen a more selfless person on Earth than you mom..What is it that makes you so good? Have you always been like this?? I know you have always been like this…and motherhood only aggravated this selflessness… Maa you make me wonder what makes this unconditional and perennial river of love for your kids going on and on??? You can get up in the middle of the night if I say I’m not feeling well..and stay awake to ensure that I’m sound asleep… I remember you scolding me in the day for some mischief and when I used to go to bed you would come and sit by my side and be upset for the day and then kiss me on the forehead… I wonder that whenever I have a bad dream and I’m awake how can you know about it? As I can find you outside my door wondering whether I’m awake or not and worrying if I’m fine… You can make up a whole lot of dishes that match all our tastes and demands.. You are such a good soul that you find everyone in this world good…You are stupendous…how can you bear all our tantrums?? You have this incredible power to forgive… What are you some kind of Saint or what? And even if I ransack my memory n number of times I cannot find a single moment when I have seen you pray or even wish something for yourself… Amazing..startling..wonderful..remarkable…marvelous…what should I call you…but forget it like I said before..there are and can never be enough words to describe you…You are MAA….

And all your kids love you in their own stupid ways..

And yes ….Happy Mother’s Day….