Clay work

Clay is probably first play thing of human kind...and we all still love to play with it. It's still fascinating.

Megh loves to play with clay since long but he made his first recognizable shape recently of Shivling!  'Oh my God's dialogue  "use kala patthar nahi Shivling kahete he" made Megh suddenly interested in Shivling and made one...took my help making Nandi. Colored and worshiped too! I have made some beads and earrings.

We all had different plan. Me and Megh happy with our single day clay work and Ashna made one red mask attached with key chain ring. She made,break and again made some artifacts but somehow she was not happy with her work. She left it for some days. But one day she amazed me by her creation.

As a little girl she was used to set her barbie dolls in gymnastics position and now making sculpture in dancing position! Nobody taught her but that's why it's beautiful work.

 

Dream is dream either small or big

Two days back Megh learned typing Gujarati on Gujarati typepad and y'day he wrote 'My dream came true. I have build my small hotel and served food. I'm very happy. I earned 8 Rs. in a day.'


Megh made delicious Tuver-ringan (pigeon peas+brinjal) sabzi with green garlic and garnished it with coriander...th he don't like coriander leaves taste. Then when he asked 'why i liked it so much?'...i explained him in detail how aroma and garnishing along with taste makes dishes mouthwatering. Then he asked 'how do we know person liked our recipe or not?' i said 'from the speed he finish it !' Then suddenly i remembered Vithal Kamath's incidence of tasting food out of dish his customer left to check why he left it and told him abt Kamath's book 'Idli,Orchid and me'.....then he became so eager to read it. It is my fav. book but found it's missing from my bookshelf! I brought one from library and Megh has read some chapters. He always love to prepare and serve food...so he is liking Kamat's story. That day he started selling Mamra, made his own cone with logo and charged 2Rs. per cone. Then started taking orders of different recipes he can cook and so does his dream came true!!! 'Dream came true' probably learned from 'Idli,Orchid and me'!

For us this is play but for child you can't differentiates it from learning. Selling mamra or taking food order  everything happening with sincerity. Also learning different recipes himself from you tube. He charged & gathered money to buy supplies for next orders!And from his note come to know that he earned money too!!!

This is still an easy dream but another one is there since long...making own boat! We have floating boat but he want his own boat. Not toy boat or not just raft...want to make boat on which he can go for sailing!  Difficult and frustrating! I tried to divert him by making toy boat, he made and enjoyed but not satisfied. He ask for our help but we can't help making wooden 'Real' boat. He made his ship himself out of this frustration as shown in earlier post of Child's creations. but nothing brought peace to him.

 Sometime back he started making his wooden boat himself without anyone's help. Done all the carpentry work he can do, sanded and painted too. Have seen many videos and websites...th he is not fluent english reader he keeps gathering information from pictures and diagrams mostly. Once during morning walk he explained what is V-hull and why it should be of V shape. Front V-hull cuts water and gives direction and speed ! Name of boat given from his fav. word 'swimming'! Now he want to try it in river. After that he realized fevicol and putty will not stay in water, need stronger structure , need more wood...but still  hasn't give up. We could not help but he followed Rabindranath's poem "Ekla chalo re..."

I probably couldn't express his wish, dream or frustration here in words but if you have any idea which can help me to help him please share with me.

The Healer

Being normal human  I too get tired, irritate, frustrate, go mad sometimes...but then it's life. Most of the time you just needs a caring hand. I'm grateful I have one.

Since his early age Megh loves to use acupressure jimmy...he has seen Nikhil giving me treatment using jimmy and he just imitated. Though with little hands he can not press hard or find proper point but it is always healing and relaxing experience for me. He used to make potion using Tulsi, Ginger, Lemon grass, Cardamom or what ever herbs he finds for stomach pain or headache. Once he just added cinnamon and clove powder to water and it became very good mouth freshener!  He don't know what to use or how it helps but just he wish to help.

It was very busy day, many task on hand since morning, climbing stairs up and down, frustrated due to some reason and badly needed some rest but couldn't find it. Megh came to me "Mummy, what do you like most ?, I want to give that to you" I said "Right now I just need a hug from you" He hugged and said "Peace, I want to give you Peace in gift!!!" Then he went to a room, closed curtains, arranged pillows to make comfortable seating, hold my hand and took me to that room. Requested Ashna "don't disturb" and closed the door. He told me to close eyes, then he sat besides me holding and caressing my hand gently. Hardly five minutes and all my stress gone away , I was relaxed,  happy with my son's gift of Peace!

Last week I had headache and some stomach  problem...he brought a Phudin Hara pill and water along with acupressure treatment so I relax fast. Then with my surprise he came with drum and before he start playing I stopped him "Pl. don't play drum right now" ...i was in trouble and he was hurt by my tone started crying! "I want to play drum in a manner to soothe your pain" !!! Oh God, how many times I will do mistake to know the child.

Life is beautiful even if with pain, with such a healing hand.