Tuesday, March 20, 2007

When moms know best



I’ve always been daddy’s girl. Dad was the strongest, tallest, most talented, wisest, most intelligent man in the whole wide world. In fact, there’s a silly rumor about how I claimed my father was 10 feet tall. Well, what do you expect from a kid who knows that 10 is bigger than 5 or 6? Especially when no one warned her that people taller that 7 feet get celebrity status?

He was also into martial arts and Kalripayuttu. My brother and I grew up on a regular diet of martial art movies. Bruce Lee, I knew quite well.

Now my mom doesn’t want me to watch movies that show blood, gore and violence. I concur. I want to watch movies that leave me smiling and aglow inside. I think somewhere in the hidden corners of my brain, is a part that defies scientific knowledge and wants to believe that when I smile, our baby smiles too!

And here's our baby's update:

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