A tribute to all working mothers!!!

Its been 26 years of strenous effort on behalf of my mother Meenakshi to bring me to the position of today.i am always indebted to her.when i was born my granny could not take care of me because she was too weak and old.i grew up in a Creche,in others arms yearning for my mother to be with me.she narrates me how i would cry circling her neck asking her not to leave me to ayya,how i was poorly taken care by others,fell sick,and sang all day "meenay,meenay meenaamma" remembering her while she was in office.she used to bribe me icecreams inorder to make me stay with a baby sitter. later my uncle who stayed with my mother accompanied me to school at 2 yrs.i was a little early to school.i bit my teacher when she snatched me from my uncle.i feel sorry for it now.but when i was three i realised my mother's condition and started dressing up myself and went school.i possessed a spare key for my home at the age of 5,pinned to my school bag.the front room was open with all snacks for me.we stayed in a rented home without even a sink in kitchen because it was near my mother's office. my brother came in to our life.this time it was too worse.no option was left to leave him at my granny's.mom cried every day missing him i could not realise her situation.so i tried to please her doing all household help to make her feel relaxed and talked to her continuosly.i know that i bored her.but kept it going.she took me to cinema house,exhibitions whereever i wished.when i was 7 she brought my brother back.i got company.she made us share our work and taught us to be responsible.she made us learn cycling and boldly sent us to school in that.she taught me and my brother to make dishes so that when we felt hungry in evenings after school,we dont rely on snack bars in town.at that time she was working in sivagangai and we were in madurai.so daily she will start at 6 am and come back at 8 pm. days passed and we grew up understanding her work time and shared the help we could possibly do to her.the first thing we did when me and my brother was employed was to force her get a VRS.now she is at home but still prepares to send me and my father to work.because of her experience,she strictly forbid me to join B.DS course which i got in merit list.i was a school topper in english[second topper of school overall] and she advised me to take up language so that even if i choose to work it will be a scheduled time job [ie lecturer,teacher]i followed what she said and took up lecturing in a reputed college.now that i earn handfull and feel relaxed in my work.she now wants me to hold my doctorate and now i am in that process. my entire life i followed what she wished good for me and never found her decisions wrong. she is gift to me and i owe her a lot.this is a small expression of my gratitude to her achievements as a guide to teach me kolams,slokas,puja methods,and many things to keep up our family tradition.she says" you can be a district collector,that may be easy, but your resposibilities as a good daughter, in-law ,wife ,and mother is ur real success" and i am trying my best to fulfill her wish.