Hugs,Smile and Chance- a fairy tale

I used to teach in a school, it was a kind of arrangement that worked out well for both my daughter and the school. They were taking good care of my daughter ( those days it was near to impossible to get an autistic kid in a normal school set up..still is but we are working on that) and I in turn used to help them out . During the short teaching career I taught science, geography, drama and dance. But my main job was to help out kids with learning disabilities( dyslexic,autistic,and other kids with learning difficulties)

following are just a few incidents from those days ……

“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”   

  ―   G.K. Chesterton

life is a dance i said

every one dances

even the ones with two left feet?

asked a kid

cos I can’t dance

oh they are brilliant you see i said

for anyone can dance but to dance like you

now that is hard

the kid looked at me and then laughed and said

OK i will teach you mine and you teach me yours

so we danced to every music on the CD that day

he learned to dance pretty soon

and me oh i am still learning

its hard to unlearn you see 🙂

life is a song

every one sings i said

even the ones who don’t follow the beat?

asked the kid

cos i cant sing like others

oh anyone can sing like them i said

but to be you its hard will you please teach me

and we sang every thing we could that day

and the kid is now a lead singer in one of the bands

and me well it really hard to be that different you see 🙂

life is a drama i said

every one acts

even the one who freeze?

the kid asked i do well in rehearsals but

out in front of people i cant say a thing

oh its easy to say some lines i said

but to know what you can’t and ask for help is brave

let’s do one thing

start with helping others say their lines

and you stand out in open

and then slowly one day we will get you into the play

and the kid today is  doing pretty well in plays and debates

and me oh well i cant freeze i just have too much to say all the time you see 🙂

ever wondered how a little encouragement

and warm smile makes such huge impact on a kids life

well try it

don’t force anything on anyone

just a friendly push is all that they need

some will start early

some will be late bloomers

some will do it in no time at all

and some will take months

but they all have something

all they need is patience, hugs, smile and chance

we can give them all that

can’t we 🙂

The News Just In

Life is full of breaking news.. in the television, on the roads, relationships, and …….

Do you have kids?? Well then you must know what breaking news

Really mean.

And of all the explanations ever given on the incidents kids can and will come up with the most ground breaking excuses for the ones they create.

This post is a dedication to those cute little pranksters –

This is channel AMADS (AFTER MOM AND DAD SLEEP)

And there is breaking news

That we are reporting live

This is going to break a lot of hearts

But the truth has to be told

Little Ben painted his little brother yellow and red

When he was sleeping in his cot last night

And this morning Ben was going to wipe his Brother’s face clean

Before mom and dad could see that

But got caught

And then one thing led to another

You know how parents have nose and sixth sense stronger than a wolf or a dog.

Crumbs of cake mom baked last night were found in Ben’s cupboard

And even when Ben told them it was eaten by a Tiger named Pine,

No one believed ( it’s a cruel world out there)

And they found the broom he broke last night( under his bed) fighting aliens

But they refused to believe it too

However there are reports some other kids (Ben’s friends) have seen aliens last night too!

They are all willing to testify!

And there were some paper planes in dads trash can which made dad pretty angry

Ben took it from his file but only to make them look better

According to our sources dad is jealous of Ben’s creativity

When asked how he could end up doing all that in one night Ben said it is his duty to protect his house and he was doing just that

As for the paint he said he wanted the aliens to be scared of his lil brother

And….and…..and….

What do you think please post your reactions in our twitter account #theamads

So they made Ben write which looks like an essay on

“Things I should never ever try”

The news just in-

Ben has broken all records by writing another “Things I should never ever try”

(Oh boy! When a kid writes apology for second time…)

But this time with his friends on their tree house

They all wanted to make the entire event flawless for next time

New resolutions passed/new treaties signed on the tree house-

1)  Never eat cake in the cupboard eat it in the kitchen

2)  Broken brooms/dusters should be thrown out of window

3)  Any craft made from dads files should be thrown in the trash can outside

4)  And baby brother’s face should not be painted in the night

There have been unconfirmed reports that when the kids came down after making such historic decisions they found nosey Sean Pentucky standing near the tree

And when he threatened them to disclose all the new secrets

He was told they knew who ate all the cookies in this house last week

And who put a frog in Melisa’s tiffin box..

That took care of the problem…..for now

What a historic day

For the weather reports stay tuned in…

Also coming up after the break who killed Humpty Dumpty

Kato’Ki

When I was a kid

i wanted to become a pirate

sail to far away lands

find treasure troves

and fight the sea dragons

when i was a kid

i wanted to become a knight

Flash huge swords and win wars

kill the bad kings

and save people from monsters

when i was a kid

i wanted to become a detective

solve cases like nancy drew

help the police

and earn a badge

when i was a kid

i wanted to become a teacher

who would understand kids just like me

who would listen to us

and help us understand our dreams

when i was a kid

i wanted to grow up

do a lot of things

yet not change a bit

and that i did

and became a story teller

tell me one thing that is not possible

and i will weave you a story

of how it can be done

that is the beauty

when the kid inside

never says good bye

for the kid inside

every thing is magical

everybody is somebody

every dream is important

and nothing is impossible

if only you would believe

so if you are like me

   who belives in magic and dreams

come let’s weave stories together

  and give others new dreams

   if you are not like me but do like me

  let’s share and see how far our dreams go

and if you are not like me and do not like me

oh boy the things i have for you

in my bag

you would not believe 🙂

* Kato’Ki means, “Lets help each other” in Cakchiquel, the Mayan language spoken by the people in Patzun.

Safar(सफ़र)

We started the journey(सफ़र)

Of the known and unknown

The day we were born

The day we shook hands with death

And agreed to meet him somewhere in between

Or in the end as he called it

And then spent the life wishing never to see him again

Somewhere in this journey we found ourselves

We lost ourselves

We understood, got confused

And in this journey

we trusted God

we blamed God

Ignoring, avoiding, being indifferent to suffering around

And still hoped and prayed for his mercy

Somewhere in this journey

We became rebels

 Stood for values

 Fought for one

 Agreed with none

Stood up for something’s

And regretted not standing for that one

Somewhere the hope died

Somewhere a new shoot was born

Rainbow failed to show up

Sun peeked through heavy clouds

Somewhere in this journey we found love

Lost it, all heart broken

To be filled with love and warmth again

Or may be never

Some rivers found their oceans

Some lost their route or the zest

Somewhere in the journey

                                                          Some found courage,

                                               some lived with conscience muted

Some wrote, some listened

Some got married and some..

Well some of them still say single makes sense

Some lived happily ever after

And some never found out what it was

And in these alleys of the life we travelled

                                              We ran, we gave up and sat for a while

And in these alleys of life we expressed

Sometimes we howled out loud

   Sometimes we muffled the screams and the laughter

And just let our body talk

And in these alleys of life we lived

Dying every night

Coming to life every morning

Wishing for more, hoping for less

What ever worked…

And in these alleys of life

We met death

Some called him, embraced him

And some begged for another chance

Sometimes he came straight to us

And sometimes he just shook hands and said

Some other time

And in these alleys life ended

 life began..