Special Mom’s blog

Sometimes without our knowledge God blesses us. Today was one such day.

I did write about my son doing a 2 mile race last month for special olympics. But today there was another event, this was much local and on a small scale. When the coach asked me if my son could do this, I was skeptical saying yes because of the festivities in my house. But then my younger one agreed to come this weekend and help his brother. So I confirmed with his coach. Then things changed and my younger one came home early last weekend since he was busy this weekend. I can’t blame him too. He decided to volunteer with his brother for his baseball game instead of this.

I asked my husband if he was ready to take our son alone today morning . There were two events. A mile and 2 mile walk. My husband replied “nothing to loose” and left the house at noon.

After my husband left I sat down for prayers and time flies fast when you are home alone. Around 2 pm I tried calling my husband and he didn’t pick up the phone. Then I tracked him. What did I see?

His phone on top of a river! Okay, then I checked it was close to a Burger King. Definitely my husband and my son are not swimming in a river but were inside the Burger King. I thought they just missed the event completely and having some fun at Burger King. Okay, at that point I was a bit upset. But if I do all the good energy that I created by praying would go down the drain and I calmed myself down. Around 2.30 pm, my husband called me or did I call that him (that I don’t remember) and he said he was driving back home! What? I asked him if they just missed the event? He said, “Oh No, we did the 3 mile or the 5 k walk. We finished the race in one hour and 5 minutes and that we were not last.” He was so happy that he had got our boy milkshakes. I was surprised!! In fact my husband was appreciated by all for doing such a good job😀 with my boy alone. Kudos to my boy and my husband 🎈🎈🎈!

Okay, tons of lessons for me and my family. Things can happen without me. My husband can do things without me and my boy can survive and do things without me! I do not need to feel guilty when I spend some time alone. My boy can have some time alone and Dad and son can do good positive things together.

What a day right? I was so distracted with Navaratri that I least cared about my boy today. At one point I was fine even if he didn’t race! Anyhow the sad part is, my husband’s phone did not have any charge and he didn’t take any pictures. Same reason he didn’t answer my calls. Maybe this is how things needed to happen.

Anyhow met some very old friends today and it is always fun to remember things that happened two decades ago!

I wanted to write a bit about Devi Mahatmyam during Navaratri but ended up with my tale. Maybe that is what was intended to happen.