Perspective

Most of us have heard about these fables in our childhood and Each of them have something to teach us.

every story has more than what we were told . This is what I realized just recently.

Lets consider "The Lion and the mouse".

The lesson that we learnt was 'Even the weak and small may be of help to those much mightier than themselves.'

Second point of view would be :'Never be afraid to explain or reason or confront those much mightier than themselves'.

Likewise lets consider our next candidate;'The boy who cried wolf'

The lesson that we learnt was 'There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth. So donot lie '.

True to the core but there is second side which can be considered. 'Offer help if asked for; you may not know this time it might be for real'.

I am very sure there are tons of stories out there which can offer more than what has been obtained from them.

There is always more than what meets the eye in real life situations too.

We as an individual choose the perspective to look at it.

Unlisted Milestone !

There are few milestones that are not listed in the standard milestones list that most of the parents and pediatricians adhere to.

To care for other person, To love someone, To do something nice for some one and many more (yet to be discovered by me..) aspects that do not depend on a kids age. There is no such hard and fast rule for them to achieve that milestone. It can happen at any point in their life.

But a parent can always bookmark them as and when it happens.

Naomi was two and I still remember her expressing her care for me when I was pregnant with my second one. I was happy and marked it in my Baby book the day she hit "THE" first milestone of caring.

Days pass by and I wondered how and when will my second one surprise me.:)

and the day dawned.

Naomi; sick with viral fever; was lying in bed after her school. Just like any other day, Ronit was busy playing with his cars and trains etc. He did notice his DIDI is not playing with him and lying on sofa covered in a blanket.

He knew thats not like her and something was wrong. She was not chasing him around the house; she was not fighting with him for her favorite toy.

He kept asking me MAMA.. DIDI PLAY . I got it. and was basking in the glory that YESSsss my boy can now identify if someone is sick. I was happy with this itself and dint anticipate the cherry topping that followed to it.

In a while ; I saw him heading towards his DIDI with a bowl and spoon saying DIDI SOUP.....

That was a big touchdown to his first milestone.:)