Tasmiya

Things they don’t tell you about the chalkboard wall you so lovingly apply to help the children’s creativity blossom:

1. 4 year old will smear his face on the wall and scream out, “Look at me, mum I’m the JOKER!”

2. 2 year old will carry a very large receptacle of water and splash water all over the wall. “I’m washing, mum!”

3. Children will use any piece of fabric in the vicinity (ie clothes on their backs, tea towels, mother’s scarf) as a chalkboard duster.

4. Children will actually WORK TOGETHER and share the wall. Would anyone have thought THAT would happen?

5. Children won’t ask to watch Kim Possible, Batman or Mythbusters as they’re too busy drawing.

6. Mother can pretend she is homeschooling the children.

7. 2 year old will discover that sometimes it’s more fun to squash the chalk pieces to dust than use them to write.

Dearest Sister Saha has written a beautifully honest and moving post. Go!

It’s hard I know, to make that extra effort, but if you are tired, perhaps she is literally falling apart. Perhaps that is hard to understand, you have gone through difficulties, but if there have always been other people around to help you practically, even if they annoy you, you don’t know how it is to try and cope alone, day after day.

Saha writes with such refreshing introspection, warmth and honesty.

I had so much to say about this but I can’t put it all into words. Just go.