Kids are People Growing up

Kids are people growing up. Yes, so respect them just like you would respect a grown up. Two days ago, my son went to work late because of the snow. The good thing about that snow storm was that he was able to send us videos of our grandson washing his mouth right after he lost his first loose tooth ( as he calls it). It was monumental as my daughter puts it and it needed documentation as the Dad recorded his announcement. My grandson was natural and uninhibited about the whole thing. He is getting not only a dollar but also a marvel super hero. (wow, what happened to a dime or a quarter?). This is great and very, very cute indeed.
We are proud and happy about each milestone in our kids life. You know, first word, first tooth cutting, first step (even with a fall) and first time potty and so on and so forth until , oh ! oh !, first you know what ---- what else first pimple, or zit or break out or whitehead, black head and what have you. Kids get offended even at a suggestion for a remedy or treatment for pimples. I have a habit of learning from other people's mistakes. So I learned my lesson when someone else suggested one of my kids a treatment for pimples. I do not mention the word at all. I even keep quiet when young people complains about nothing working for them. No matter how young people are, they are people, so people please learn to respect our children.

Sadness, Happiness, Things are how We Acheive Them

I was reading an inspirational line from Dalai Lama, my daughter said that he is cool. He certainly is. Anyone who says things to benefit humanity is always good in my eyes.
I was sleepless for the last four or five days. I know too many people who have kids. The nine year old girl who was robbed of her life is going to rest in peace today onwards. For some reason, I kept seeing the scene where a young man simply goes and buys a gun. I am wondering where are we going wrong as parents. Do people not have time to sit down even for a few minutes a day and read or talk some inspirational talk with their kids? It was not too long ago, that the twenty-two year old lad must have been a teenager.
New Jersey teachers may be in hot seat because their school district is making them go through some efficiency test routine. They want better teachers. So we make sure that academically kids are sound. What about human aspect? I hope that they add a "Civics" class to the curriculum. I know that when we were kids we found great benefit in that class. It does take a lot of different aspects of education to make a kid a good human being. Those of us who are parents of real young children should speak up and add a class of human behavior. It is not going to be against democracy as humanity is the religion of all of us.

Life,Kids,Hope and Politics?

I am not taking sides, but is this the time to point fingers and pin blames ? They have the suspect. Let the experts try him and analyze him in private. Televise that when things calm down. People have lost their loved ones here. Can anyone tell children around the country that things will be Ok, that the grown ups are going to make sure that this will not happen again. Common Leaders!!! has it been so long since since your kids exchanged valentines, looked for Easter eggs, dressed up for Candy and wrote a letter to Santa? Do not let politics desensitize you to this extent.

Public Figures, Greivances, Patience and Violence?

"Things will be OK." These were the words we remember our elders used to console us with, whenever a tragedy took place. Any sad news what so ever, within the family or neighbourhood or even at a national or international level, would be followed by consoling words for the people involved and outsiders just the same. We kind of knew that our grownups themselves were not a hundred percent sure that every thing will be OK, but I guess in order to save people from having to go through the tragedy being repeated, they covered their doubts and made things look calmer than they would be. At the most they would say things like "There was nothing much we could do," or even words like "It was meant to be," or even "If only we knew."
I guess what I am arriving at is the fact that the fear of economy going bad has been so much televised that people are scared stiff. They are blaming things on people they should not be blaming. Also, has anyone told us that things are not as bleak as they are made to look. It is not too late to realize that Americans have the most resources any nation can have. It is just because we are used to luxuries (compared to other nations) that we start weeping when we get a little less. Don't get me wrong, I have felt the pinch of bad economy as well. I do not like to put the blame entirely on the government though. Well, if you want to improve the economy start under your own roof. Do not keep the windows open and keep the thermostat on high, or run the washing machine just for one pair of jeans. This is a new year. Watch how you spend your money and see that things may start looking OK.

Music,Voice, Hope,Redemption

As I was growing up, I saw at least three to four flowers in bloom every single day. My parents loved plants. We had flowers from Roses to Lillies to Jasmine to Hibiscus, to annuals like Zenias,  Dhalias and Sun Roses. Every time a flower would wither and fall off my father would point to the one that was blooming or already in bloom. He always said that it was an example of things getting better right when you think that things are bleak.
In the beginning of the week, we heard about the musician who made "Baker Street." It was sad to know the background of that song. I was feeling really bad about the people on the street and just like my feelings were felt by someone up above, we hear about the homeless man with the velvety golden voice, his reunion with his mother and his ex-wife's good hopes for him.
Almost everyone is holding their breath hoping that he will not ruin his life again like he did in the past.

Loving Their Music Is Honoring the Musician

I heard the name Gerry Rafferty in the evening news today. For some reason I could not recognize the name. I have been in this country long enough to know the Jazzy beginning of "Baker Street". The reality is that when we came to America in 1974, we were still hanging on to our Melodies from back home and some music from England like songs from the Beatles, Shirley Basey, Tom Jones, Gilbert O' Sullivan and the Monkees. We still do. To us today's Bollywood music is foreign. The thing is, whether it is American Music or Indian we mostly enjoy the music of the times when we were younger. When my daughter played the song on Youtube I still did not remember the singer. The wordings of the song seem very familiar but I could not mentally connect them to the Jazzy beginning. For the longest time I thought that the Saxophone was by Kenny G. Even today when I hear old time popular melodies like the one from The Godfather, Dr.Zhivago, the original Romeo and Juliet, and even Love Story, the memories are not of the artist but of the time I used to listen to them. It is very hard to understand a human mind.
As far as my kids are concern, the Jazzy beginning of "Baker Street" is associated with Lisa Simpson.

Life, Health, Sickenss and Heaven?

The first day of New Year, I feel sick. Well it is not unusual to feel sick the day after New Year's Eve, but I neither drink nor party. I did not think I would blog today, but I think that a blogger should not just write about good days only. Actually, this makes me feel better, I mean writing about my experiences so others can benefit from them. It is funny how feeling better makes me think of heaven. I hope in heaven each one of us get to do things that make us feel happy. I don't feel like eating even though I should be, I do not want my sugar to drop. Now in heaven, I am hoping that no such rules exist when you have to eat even if you do not feel like eating. I thought that rules are meant for the benefit of mankind. So, between happiness and benefit is there a place where we can have some tranquility. I think I may be getting somewhat delirious right now. Oh well, I will get over this. I know I will. Life has to get back to normal.
When we lost two of our cousins in an auto accident, one of my cousins was consoling me by reminding me that all of us are going to be together. As much as it was hurting to lose cousins who were our best friends the thought of getting back with them again in the heaven gave some kind of solace. I will only know about heaven after I die but until the I would like to think that heaven is a place where we gt to hang out with people we care about.