Time-Brisk Wind!

Same time last year I was struggling with my big belly, swollen foot, heart burns, etc. ....Reason: in a family way with the second one!....very close to anticipating her birth as "a fresh twist to a knot".....Longing for the day when I could physically carry the baby in my arms...another adventure about to begin...more than that thinking when I could finally be over and done with and lose all those weight.....today I feel like I'm a free bird...lost all those weight, over and done with two kids, all I need to concentrate now on-is to raise them well, provide them the right values and education, shape them up as a better individual....

Thanks to the Government and their great system of giving one year maternity leave to all pregnant mom's. I have thoroughly enjoyed this one year ( still have 3 months to go back to work)...My real comfort of staying at home lies in-when I see my kids are taken care of- well fed, had their share of afternoon naps, took them out for activities, studies are taken care of ....overall the entire house is taken care of....and some time to myself...Again this is not a debate between working mothers and stay-at home mom's but a thought that this has been one of the greatest year so far....didn't leave a single stone unturned....each moment had its sickle-emulous.....like Ann Richards quoted "There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money"

"Time flies on restless pinions"...didn't even come to know how one year of mat leave is almost coming to an end...passed in a blur...and "sometimes every second was significant etched in my mind".... Reminds me of a J.K Rowling quote which goes like this... "It's a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up"......the little one is now almost nine months old...she's handful of sand now, the tighter you grasp the faster she runs through my fingers...and the elder one soon going to Grade One..Wow! ...and it is this time that will remind me of all the cherished moments, will remind me of how I have lived it .....this one year have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way...."every minute spent is an hour earned"!