"What I will be..."
Ira loves to sing loudly and the line, "Let it go, let it go" is one of her favorite songs from the movie, Frozen.
We are in a space and time now when we need to take this a bit more seriously. We need to do this for our sanity, for our mental health and our well-being.
We are one of those parents who made activity charts and unstructured timetables to take the lockdown headon. Yes, we were trying our best, ensured we were well equipped. We were enthusiastically looking forward to the few weeks ahead, not too worried that school closed early or the lockdown happened.
The reason could be that both of us always have activities planned for the summer. While Ira goes to summer camp every year, we also try and do a lot of things together. A short vacation, visiting friends and family, play dates, lot of parks and some movies etc. We also do games and crafts at home.
This year however the summer vacation merged into the academic year and the school has started online classes for her. So, now it is also about managing those sessions, her karate online classes, her weekly activities sent by school and our work schedules.
The pandemic has affected both our work and added more chaos to it. What we are trying to do is to plan the week ahead, keeping in mind for adhoc situations, control what we can and figure out new ways to do some things. One of us always sits with Ira for her school sessions and we share the weekly activities between us. Ira is just 6 and needs guidance with the activities. Honestly, it is also fun, like the time we did the insect drawing and Mamma also drew them to show her; and learnt about benefits of drinking water and Papa explained to her with lots of examples. For Papa and me, it is like going back to school.
But despite all the planning, there are days when our little one wants to do no activities, do her own thing and just be. Like I have said before, the children deserve a pat on their back for being the most resilient in this pandemic. Not being able to go outdoors is a big let down. And they are coping.
One of those days when I told her, "Ira, write what you want today!" She picked her little book of stories and songs (yes, she has one specifically for that) and wrote what she will be when she grows up.
So, Ira wants to be an artist, a singer and a fashion designer. She spent the day talking about this and sang, danced and drew all day.
Looking at her dreams on that little book made us realise that life, which otherwise is transient is about these moments. Moments when your little one says, "When I grow up, I will be...."
Sometimes, we need days like this. Little reminders for us to let go, let the schedules be
and not stress about things we cannot control.
So, hold hands,make faces,do that dance and sing, "Let it go, let it go"!
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Pics taken during her lockdown birthday, last month.
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