The Good Bye Kiss....

Getting late for a meeting. Need to run, father said, as he slung his coat over the shoulder, he left the house. As he drove away, daughter came running down the stairs two at a time. 'Wait!, Wait!', she said, but he had already left.

Her mouth squeezed like used wrapping paper.

 'He forgot to give me a goodbye kiss', she whispered in a voice that trembled under the weight of her hurt. She called dad, ‘you left without giving me a kiss’, she said accusingly. ‘I am sorry sweetheart’, he said, his voice regretful. ‘It is okay’, she said, trying to be all grown up as she cut the call.

She gulped down her breakfast morosely, wore her shoes, picked up her school bag and started to walk out of the door, her shoulders slumped. As she climbed down the steps, the car glided to a stop outside the house. He got out of the car. She ran to him, her whole face lit up like a Diwali Festival.

‘I am sorry I forgot’, he said, as he picked her up and hugged her. She said nothing. Her jaw ached from smiling.

Fifteen years later, no one would remember he was late for a meeting, but a little girl would never ever forget that her father drove all the way back home just to kiss her goodbye!!

Learning: "Do not miss out on the precious moments, priceless life experiences of the time spent with your child. Create beautiful life experiences . You will make a world of difference in their lives. They need your time and attention more than anything else. Give it to them.Otherwise it will be too late when they are grown up become BUSY like you…"