Patience and unconditional love

For several years now, I have always believed that "patience" is a "state of mind". When facing a situation where I am bound to lose patience, I constantly tell myself to be patient. I have to confess that I always thought that being patient was a "conscious" decision that I made. However, in the past 24 days after Maanasi's birth, I have learned that patience can actually be a "sub-conscious" decision on many occasions. With Maanasi, I have had to sit up many a night trying to wrap my arms around her to give her the sense of security that she lacks in her crib. I have had to sing and talk to her for several hours at a time, be it the middle of the day or night, to ensure that she is comfortable in her sleep. I have had to change her clothes and diapers several times everyday, and many additional times when she just decided to spit up whatever she ate for no rhyme or reason. In this whole process I have just found out that I never run out of patience (or even get close to it), and I have never consciously thought of being patient. In fact, I have enjoyed every moment of it. The only explanation that I could come up with was that when you unconditionally love someone, then you will have an unending reserve of patience for them. When I was growing up, my parents used to constantly tell me when I did something that they did not approve of - 'you will understand a parent's pain only when you become a parent'. So true. It takes to be a parent to even understand it!!

Enjoy a few more pics and videos of Maanasi. Make sure to leave us a comment.




Maanasi relaxing in her boppy pillow





Maanasi getting ready to sleep





Maanasi with her Mom and Dad





Maansi with her mom