Being Passion Inspired

"Well, the walk-to-time ratio was low, so I asked her to pay less", said my teen daughter very casually. She opted for Economics in high school and I was glad to see her apply it in real life even before she left school. Atleast the lingo!  A fornight back my daughter responded to a SOS call by a neighbour for help. It was to take their old ShihTzu for its night walk. I came to know after a few days that the neighbour decided to give my daughter some pocket money for the service. Although the teen was not keen, she accepted when the neighbour insisted. I believe they settled for ₹75 for every walk night.Cool deal! It was payday and my daughter informed me that I would be receiving ₹500, in my GooglePay Account, from that neighbour. I was curious as the sum did not add up. When I enquired, she said the amount was for 10 night walks and she asked the neighbour to reduce the money to ₹50. Now, I was even more curious. "That is nice of you my dear, but what made you to ask h...

"Will you eat a plate of papaya fruit to prove it?", I asked my 11 year old son on our walk back from his treat at McDonalds. The kinetic energy from his anger powered his tired legs to accelerate towards the hotel we were put up in Coimbatore. He absolutely hates papaya fruit!  It was 6 months into the great lockdown in 2020 and we were all suffocated indoors. When my neighbour said she was driving to  Nilgiris to visit her ailing mother, I jumped at the opportunity and accompanied her. I had some work in Coimbatore and thanks to the homeschooling year, I packed my son too!  We had a wonderful 5 days together and did some cool things. My son was exploring his other interests as the COVID19 lockdown had virtually put a stop to his passion; football. He developed a keen interest in eSports, like million other kids of his age. So much so, he wanted to quit football. A passion for which we had made a joint decision to discontinue main school and pursue homeschooling.  I...