Hello children

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I had thought that I would write to you daily and talk to about various things but i haven't been able to keep at it because of my own laziness, which means due to the lack of an effort. But I wanted you to know that even though I might not be writing stuff here, I love to talk to you. I hope you know that. Like last night I was talking to you of birthdays. Birth days are always special and we should make an attempt to make the birth0-day-person feel special and good. Last night I was thinking that as your father's birth day will be soon upon us and it would be good fun to arrange a surprise party for him with a couple of his friends and couple of mine.
After I had this thought I began to think of friends. Friends are people with whom we can share good times and bad times alike. They are the people who stick to us even though they know about our bad habits or even if some of opur ualities irritate them. They are the people who keep a check on us if we are going down hill, whcih means that friends are the people who applaud our achievments and show us our faults. So it is very important to surround yourself with good friends. People who like you for who you are and not just for your face or the clothes you wear. And that is why it is very important to be careful in choosing your friends. If you have good friends they will help you whenever you feel better and bright when you are sad. They will help you see where you went wrong and thus help you improve as human beings.
In life you will come across many many people. You will like some and you may not like some. Similarly some people might like you and some might not. But what is important is that you never do wrong or be unjust to people whether you like them or not.
People whom you like and become friends may stay on with you throughout your lives or they may drift apart. You will always have to remember that everything changes. Change is the only constant. Seasons change, days melt into nights and nights darkness gives way to dawns. Nothing remains the same. So sweeties, be always ready fro change and don't frown when that happens. Accept it with a smile and try to be calm and happy while adjusting to this change.
We will always wish you to be happy but you will go through your own trials and tribulations. There will be times, when you grow up to be teenagers or adults, when you would wish that we would keep our own counsel but we will keep talking to you so that in a quite moment our experiences and wisdom of age is able to help you and you don't make the mistakes that we made and be happier and more succesful then we are or we have been.
Love Mum

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