Just another day as a mom - humourous speech contest 2022




Raariraroo oraariro.....(Tamil song)

This is the lullaby I sing for my 4 year old to put her to sleep.

Evolution of my voice:

When I was in 4th standard, my music teacher told me that I have a thin and soft voice. Little did I know that after 30 years my voice was going to become loud and boisterous. 

Are you puzzled? Let me introduce myself as a mom of 2 daughters. Contest master Toastmasters and my dear friends, welcome to the world of parenting.

If I am in the kitchen and I have to call my elder one, expecting a response from her, this is the normal volume I can use.

TANUSHRIIIIII

I am not blaming my daughter for that. If there is one person I can blame it is none other than j.k Rowling. My kid has completed reading the 7 books around 100 times. But when she is reading she enters into Hogwarts. If you are a Potter head you will understand what I mean.

But still I have no clue why kids read the same book again n again when it comes to harry potter or wimpy kid or dork diaries. The story doesn't change anyway. 

 Perhaps we live in different worlds

Eating habits:

If this the story of my elder one,my younger one is even sweeter. She has a few extra ordinary super powers. She can have half spoon of rice in her mouth for 1 hour without chewing. On an average, she takes 2 hours per meal. My software engineering brain immediately calculates the hours spent and it is 6 hours per day, 180 hours per month, 2190 hours per year and that is only for feeding the 3 main meals for a kid.

So these are my 2 kids for you!

Being a Referee

Apart from being a software engineer and a mom, I can proudly say that I am a part time referee.

Referree??? Let me demonstrate.

Scene1: 

Younger one: "Amma this is my pretend phone. Let's take a selfie, let's watch cartoons, let's take a video." 

Elder one: "Amma my makeup brush box is missing. Did you see it somewhere?"

Me: "Hey it is this one right?" 

Younger one:  "But ma..it is my pretend phone".

Me: "Why do you keep taking your sisters' things. Go give it to her."

(Crying)

Younger one: "Even on a birthday I end up getting scoldings"

Me: "Madam today is my birthday. Not yours"

Scene 2:

"Amma she is throwing the pillow on me."     "Why did you throw the pillow on her?" "Amma she threw it first."" Why did you throw the pillow first?" "Because she took away my pencil." " Why did you take away her pencil?" "Amma I lost mine". " Why did you loose your pencil? You should keep your things safely. Red card for you!!! Go to your room". " I am the one to get the red card always. No one in this house likes me. I am the most hated person"

You will be surprised to know that I have to some times run away to the restroom to escape from this referree role. But most of time I have to come out after hearing the heavy knocks to prevent my neighbours from raising a complaint. I would rather be a referee than a convict. :)

Being a mom

As a mom I step onto the Lego pieces atleast 100 times a day and  my diet mostly consists of the food wasted by my kids. I am used to waking up with my little ones foot on my face. As a student I was too cool to be scared of exams but now the thought of  tamil and Hindi exams brings chills down my spine.

Having shared these experiences I would like to take you to 2009. After a miscarriage I had sleepless nights and nights filled with nightmares. This thought was haunting me.." what if I end up not becoming a mother at all?" Do you see the contrast life brings us?

Life is full of challenges and surprises and it is all about the experience gained during the journey. Each phase of life has its own challenges. Isn't it?

 In the end as parents we are mere mentors and nothing more or less to guide them until they grow up and become adults. I always remind myself that it is unfair to rule their world and make all the decisions for them. After all they are going be with us only for 20 years, a very small portion of our life. Let us make more memories with them to cherish during our old age. 

The great writer Kannadasan once said, "If there's God, it is nothing other the experiences we gain in our life."

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