Children need mothers not martyrs – that’s what I learned today 🙂

It’s 7: 56 PM on day 447 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, feed myself  Uppumavu – an Indian dish made of rava. The name is an amalgam of two words : “salt” and “flour – with banana for breakfast, prepare and publish my Disability of the Day feature, prepare and publish my Kid of the Week  feature, tweet about my Clean Water For All Campaign – no luck –  go visit my grandma at my uncle’s house – I drank juice by myself there one of the proudest moments of my life :)- watch No Greater Love – a movie about love, forgiveness and faith – on DVD,  listen to music and tweet about my campaign some more– still no luck.

This morning everybody wanted to go shopping and I didn’t so I suggested to my mother that they leave me with our housekeeper which she reluctantly agreed to but kept saying I’m only going because they need to use my credit card as she walked out the door and it struck me how guilt-ridden she was so to her and all the parents out there I say your kids need mothers not martyrs they don’t want you to sacrifice your whole life for them they want you to be happy because seeing you happy gives them permission to be happy. Are you a mother or a martyr?

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Stan’s very sweet for saying so, but feel free to write what reflects you best.

Thanks to all my friends out there who are helping me make my dream come true: to make a better world for all of us!