Yesterday I felt my 9 year old daughter in a residential school far away from where we live. Ever since she came into my life, my world revolved around her, Since her mother works full time, and we live in a University campus I arranged my classes in such a way that it would not clash with the timings for her food and other requirements. Playing with her, reading to her, singing to her and when she started school sitting with her as she did her school work became part of my routine and I loved every moment of it. Sleep time meant trlling her stories and from my imagination created a whole world of talking animals whose antics kept her occupied. Then she started learning the piano and she did take to music in adistinct way.
I really had just two choices. Eithwer I keep her with me and send her to a normal school. Or let her go to a good residential school where the teaching is superb and the environment children friendly. My niece who is a landscape architect in Virginia attended the same shool and I fet that for the future of my child I must let her go.
Surprisingly she bid both of us farewell without any hesitation. I found it difficult to let go. But I did with a silent prayer that she is safe, secure and happy. Before leaving she instructed me to look after a whole menagerie of cats and dogs she had collected."Give them Pedigree" she said and the first thing I did this moroning was to go to the Department store and got a packet for them.
This is a scoll founded by a famous philosopher and has acquierd an international reputation for quality education. So finally I left for home. She will be home in October and I have already started looking forward for October. However in August her mother and I will be seeing her i.e. 44 days from today.