The Classic Two

 

Pic: Reden (Left), Yesha (Right)

It feels unfair not to mention anything about this photograph sent to us. It takes us back, as if we'd only just left them yesterday. Yet, time has moved so fast, both have grown into entirely different from the ones we left behind.

When we left, our boy had just begun to speak words like "papa, mummy, mammum" and our Yesha was still too young to be apart from us.

Perhaps it was not fair on our part as parents. However, different circumstances pushed us to this far away place, separated by mountains, valleys and oceans.

Honestly, when I think about the missed milestones of our children, my higher degree and the foreign experiences are nothing.

We console ourselves in far away places, deep inside our heart, that even though there's a quiet regret that lingers, yet life must go on, no matter what. And we're not just the parents who're far away chasing some wild dreams. 

When I first saw this photo, I just couldn't scroll to the next. I was profoundly lost in this photo. It gave me some mixed feelings, one proud that they're in safe hands and the other, it pained my heart that we missed every moment of their milestones, which money and our experiences can't buy. 

"Missing their innocence, baby smell, nagging, laughter, and funny moments will never return".

Reden's mature pose and Yesha dressing full in sublime purple and mixed, girlish tone remind us of the years we'd just missed. Indeed, those missed precious moments of our kids will remain forever etched in our hearts. 

We may have been away, but our love has never left them and never will.