My Friend Afroz
August 12, 2008
I came across Afroz in MRT in Singapore.
She was around 28 for age, quite attractive in looks and quite young looking Mom with two kids besides her.Being Indians we greeted Hi to each other and exchanged contact nos and went along our ways with a promise to meet each other. There was some impression she left on me but for reason I was not sure until I met her second time.
I have many friends who are mothers but I never came across a Mother like Afroz who was taking her motherhood job religiously.We met again, we went for outings with each other , we visited each others places and every time I met her I always found something new in her which was so inspirational to me. Afroz is a homemaker and mother of two kids just like any other woman but there is something different in her which is making her special and I consider myself blessed to have such a friend. The best part of her nature is that she will never crib about her bore domewith motherhood and doing regular housechores. Once she had gone through professional phase of her life and now she wants to take her job of motherhood and homemaker professionaly. She very well knows that having a baby is a responsible job. Its only you who is responsible for your kids personality, awareness, confidence. I want to say you yourself should be aware of the facts which can help you to provide that environment to your child which can help him to grow to be happy, confident, and aware person. When kids grow up we say they are shy, they are not confident, they don’t speak to you. But that time is late to take any action.Its the childhood which demands most of the time from parents. and then its not only time, mind you, the quality time you spend will matter in a long race. Mind you she is not having any maid for her help and she went about her delivery with the second baby on her own with little help from some maid and that too for few days. She is an avid reader and she follows all the guidance provided in parenting book religiously. In a way she is raising her kids following the parenting books. She is spending quality time with her both kids by taking them to swimming pool, library, outings, parks and other places of interest. For her spiritual growth she is following books by Dalai Lama and other self improvement books.When you meet her kids you will find them so happy always. They are carrying out all activities as per their age fantastically.She was reading to her kids when there were of few months age only and her elder one is about to start reading.
She is full of positive energy that You just can’t ignore her. She is really an inspirational source to all mothers who is devoted to her motherhood job from dil se. Hats off to you Afroz dear!
August 12, 2008 at 5:49 am
Hey..Quite a Surprise….I felt exactly the same, when I met Shifa at our first sengkang meet.
Going by, whatever you have written here about Afrose, I think, she is the lady India Need, our society need. I strongly feel and beleive, a good mother is good in everything, be it daughter in law, or wife, or friend, or daughter. She has to be a good human being.
Glad to see and read about this folks..we dont’ need History to show example (Jijabai etc)..Do we ? And btw, I would love to meet this lady sometime..dont’ tell her, I haev already become her fan. No Women Inspire me so much than a GOOD MOTHER.
October 29, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Hey – Great stuff – came here via Chillifreeze.
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