What's dedication?

      My princess taught new chapter of dedication a few days back.
  
      We were managing the difficult phase of teething somehow. Baby was cranky and irritated with those molars. To add on, she got viral infection - cough cold and fever. As if this was not enough,even I got throat infection and was down with aches. I was too busy taking baby to visit a Dr and was just ignoring my pains.

       After a week or so, when my baby got bit better, I visited Dr. Dr just couldn't believe I could stretch it this further. He was sure I was having fever all these days and bad throat and bodyache. Now, this is what I think is called dedication. I was focussed on my baby and her health, to realise anything else that may distract me.
   
       I think we have all been thru those days when our parents force us to study and after 15 mins we are hungry or sleepy or something else. And if by chance we got sick, studying is just so impossible. Still we always thought we gave our best shot, atleast that's true for me.  But now I understood how wrong I was. That was not even close  to what dedication is.
    
        Best example of dedication is what every mom does,just being available all the time,everytime, for that little one. She just forgets herself, her needs completely.


Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.

Parents' Dilemma

       Now what my princess taught me is something which my parents couldn't...

       Its a normal small routine task of every mom of cutting nails for their kiddos..Whenever I try doing that,my baby doesn't like it at all. Her concern is that I hold her hand and don't allow her to move till I am done and that irritates her. Now,I am in dilemma. I need to cut her nails regularly else she may hurt herself or others while playing. She hates it if I don't allow her to move her hand while cutting her nails. And if I don't hold her hand tight enough,I may cut her skin with nail. So now what to do ?????? I have to cut nails and hold her tight as well,for her good which she is too young to understand yet.

       When I thought upon this,I felt its such a similar situation when we are teens. We are old enough to understand that cutting nails is important but not old enough to understand whats good for us as our parents can.

        When we are teens, or even when we grow up there are lots of things that our parents ask us not to do but we are in our own fantasy world we just don't understand the reason behind it. We just feel that they are too protective,or worst they are too restrictive,generation gap and so on. But we only get to know what our parents meant when we fall !!!

       Din't this remind you of those days???