MOTHER

My mother, as I know her, was a wonderful person. I was born in January 1977 and due to some negligence on the part of the hospital staff at the time of my birth, I ended up having medical problems because of which all my milestones got delayed. Things which normal children do on their own at certain age became an extremely difficult task for me. I am told how Mama put in all her effort to help me learn the basic skills, motor skills and learning skills. You would be surprised to hear that I started standing at nearly three years of age and talking even later. She got a special walker fabricated for me and used to make me walk with that. To help me learn to talk she used to endlessly keep talking with me even though I did not respond. Because of my medical condition and learning disability I could not get much formal education. I needed special education and since my father was in the Army and was quite often posted to areas where facilities for special education did not exist she herself did a course in Special Education so that she could try those techniques to help me learn. She met a lot of doctors, psychologists and special educators to help me improve. She taught me the very basic things like eating, drinking, standing, walking, bathing, shaving etc to the advanced things like reading, writing, shopping and traveling alone by buses on my own. If you see me standing here and doing my work independently it is all because of my mother. Today she is not there with us and I feel her loss the most. Truly said, since God could not be everywhere, that is why he made a mother.

MAMA I MISS YOU BUT AM SURE THAT YOU WILL LOOK AFTER ME EVEN NOW AND HELP AND GUIDE ME IN ALL MY ACTIVITIES. MAMA I PRAY THAT WHEREVER YOU ARE YOU BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed