--courtesy of flickr.comI remember thinking, “This is it. This is the moment that I have been waiting for in my entire life.” Seeing her being confident and happy … made me realize how blessed I am as her mother.
Seems like it was just yesterday when I was holding her close to my heart, her tears dropping onto my clothes. Then, she had been facing the most challenging obstacle in her life – losing her best friend. For whatever reason it may be, her closest friends had left her behind, one by one. –That was the time when I desperately wished I had a magic wand so that I could make everything fine. How I wished!
Gifted children are often lacking in social skills. Perhaps it is the way they are wired intellectually, because somehow their social skills are lagging behind. – it is like the missing bits in their brains. Many parents spoon-feed academic materials to their gifted children, thinking that that is what they need the most. In turn by doing so, we have set their social skills even further apart from the other children of their age.
I could feel her pain vividly each time she was hurt emotionally by her lack of social skills. I am blessed to have a gifted child, but her happiness to me is priceless. Countless play-dates were set for her. Countless parties were planned. But to no avail. I searched helplessly each time she was hurt on how to improve her social skills. –Making friends has always come naturally to me so each time I was left clueless, uncertain of what to do. Between her close bond with her sister, her love of writing, her affectionate relationship with my hubby and me, and many combinations of things we had tried, somehow she had overcome her hurdle.
Yes! She has travelled a long way. Here I am watching her contentedly as she is running confidently and happily toward her own journey of life. This moment of my life will never fade away, for it is seared in my heart, an image carved in stone.
Until next stop,
Journey of Life
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