Goggles In Space

As a mother, i can still not accept you are an adult. 18 for me is just a number, an impression of the last 18 yrs we spent together. My motherhood journey started in US -  talking to you while you were still in my womb, noticing your kicks, listening to your heartbeat during the doctor visits and waiting to come back to India. Some days were bad, sometimes okay. You didnt trouble me much during pregnancy, so it went quite ok. Without laptop, work sometimes took toll ending up in office late into night when all i urged was come back home to relax. The doctor consultations at St Johhs is still vivid in my mind, the long wait for scans were boring but everything went well by God's grace.  For delivery, daddoo and I got admitted to hospital about 3-4 days in advance. We spent time walking, watching TV and waiting for labor pain to start. But even past due date, when i didn't experience the pain,doctor suggested C section but daddoo insisted . I was ton waiting for normal delivery...

So the next chapter in my dancer life begins in Feb'24 with guru teaching Saurashtra "cholkettu".As she rightly observed, it did bring an extra 'glow' on my face and Sus helped capture those moments. It might take another few more classes to complete learning and several hours before i can perfect it. While some of those who started the dance classes with me had already completed learning cholkettu, Uma chechi didnt think i was ready since dance base was missing. At 42, i was learning dance for the first time in life. Mohiniyattom is not just a collection of footwork and hand movements, but a lot more. There is abhinaya, nuances of kathakali being seen in many of the padams, not like the bolywood numbers which i have performed before on stage. May Chidambaranatha be with me and my Lord Poornathrayeesha who always resides in my heart..