Mommies of the world

I had a soul searching experience yday while on the train. There was a young girl travelling with us . She kept getting calls on her handphone from her mommy every five minutes, asking her if the train has left the station. The scheduled departure is 11.45 pm, but the train is in no hurry to start as it is under no pressure to cover the distance to Chennai in the allotted time. I was wondering why her mother is pestering her like this and that too keeping up such late hour to do so.The train will leave a few minutes this way or that, I told myself. I was also quite surprised that this girl was answering her mother everytime so pleasantly.

It was 6 am and I woke to her ringtone. She was talking pleasantly again. I asked her is that mommie again.She had a bemused expression and said, no auntie, it is daddy and uncle!

Yes, I saw it coming, I was told in no uncertain terms, that while I may find it unacceptable in others, I have behaved in the same way and there is absolutely no doubt that I would continue to behave in the same way!

Do mothers have to make such a fool of themselves?

But then there was a takeaway, of a different kind. This girl got off at Perambur and when I woke up I saw that she had neatly folded the bed covers and the blanket. I was impressed. I learnt something from her. I also neatly folded my stuff, to make it a wee bit easier for the unknown railway employee. And that I should not put any pressure on the environment by my actions!