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One year of parenthood

Sanjana turned 1 yesterday. A year full of joy, laughter, tears, anger, sorrow and what not. Not feeling particularly sentimental about it, though. Just the realization that I am growing old :((. I wanted to leave early and was telling my boss "Its my daughter's birthday", and he says "And you came to office? Why?". What a funny question. The hookey is for MY benefit, not Sanjana's. She doesn't even KNOW its her birthday. Or what a birthday is, for that matter. I want to have good memories of her birthday.

On a related note- picked up this link from a comment on Sepia Mutiny: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2528258&page=1
Really touched me. But there are pros and cons to the story.
For one, Breast Milk is good for infants. But its importance is over touted. Its not normally a do-or-die thing. Really makes me wonder if the money and the effort invested in feeding breast milk to a kid in South Africa could have fed many more on formula. And at the end of the day, its the results that matter. Many of these feel-good initiatives are not too efficient when it comes to serving the purpose - which is to help kids world around. And its very important that we do not lose focus from that.

Labels: Sanjana

posted by Aish @ 4:12 PM