Petals!

As a mother, my happiest and most peaceful moments were when my baby used to sleep. I loved watching him. It felt like watching a dream come true. A miracle unfolding.  Once, in an interview to a famous magazine, Indira Gandhi had once stated that no matter how turbulent or busy her day was, she had always peeped in to watch her sons sleep because just looking at their innocent faces told her that her world was this and not the political dramas that constantly swept her life apart - she said that she could never resist the temptation to kiss her sons while they slept because they looked like angels...too good to be real.  I think I understand what she meant now.                                                [Image: Kin Li  @ Unsplash] Because I am a mother and in a way, like her, I felt I wasn't ever there for my child. When I w...