During my school days, I struggled with classes which involved fine motoring skills. Embroidery classes, titrations, physics labs etc gave me night mares.
Few days back when Appu wanted to do some embroidery related homework, I offered to pitch in. Sometime during my last 11 years of parenting, I realised that I struggled in school with activities in which my mom and dad were not good at.
Though my dad is not insecure about the skills he didn't have, my mom is an insecure person. If there was anything she didn't know, she panicked.
I'm not criticising my parents. Just sharing some experiences. I always feel grateful to have been born to my parents who did everything possible to give a good life to their kids. What I love the best about them is the fact that they were very open. Even at a very old age, they were willing to correct themselves in matters which they felt they failed.
Coming back to embroidery, I didn't want Appu to know that I didn't like embroidery until we started with it. I acted confident in front of him when we started with the first youtube video. In between when I observed that he is doing well, I did tell him that his Amma was very poor in embroidery during school days.
We started around 5:30 and took almost 2 hours to finish this much. I was happily sitting with him watching him doing his embroidery without any kind of distractions.
Appu spends a lot of time on his computer and phone. But, when we sit with him to help him with his activities, he cooperates well. Like my parents, I have started liking spending time with Appu for his school related activities which he comes to me with. And, he enjoys that time too.
What I was trying to mention was about a video which I recently watched. Mayaleela had created a video about mindfulness recently & throughout this activity, I was telling myself that I am not liking the process of embroidery, but the fact that I am spending time with Appu is something I am enjoying. The video is worth watching.
It is in Malayalam. Sharing it in the comments section as well.
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