I think there would be very few human beings who actually like cacophony of any kind . Even if they do it would only be for sometime .Being a workaholic I never missed my clinic and even if I missed , it was because of some compelling reason .It was very rare that I took a day off . However , in retrospective I feel that any kind of addiction is bad . If alcoholism is bad ,so is workaholism .

Anyway , one occasion for which I used to miss clinic or leave early was for my children’s annual day function of the school.

One good thing about schools now a days is that there is more emphasis on all round development of children . In my children’s school most children were given  an opportunity to participate in some cultural skit or a play etc.

Preparations began quite sometime before the annual day & children enjoyed it .

As a parent I enjoyed  all the skits ,cultural events etc . But the most enjoyable part was this cacophony of children in the lobby . This was the cacophony which actually relaxed the mind & calmed the heart .

I hardly missed any annual day of my son & daughter . Even if I had to it was due to some very compelling reason .

It is only after time flies that we realize that time has passed  & children have grown up. My son has already left school & will graduate this year .

This is my daughters last year in school & in March 2024 we will finally bid adieu to Bombay Cambridge school where my children grew up and studied.

Unfortunately ,this year I missed my daughters annual day function due to an entirely avoidable reason . I  was looking forward to it since this would be her last annual day function in school. The regret is compounded by the fact that the reason was entirely avoidable and this was the last and the final annual day function of my children that I as a parent would get an opportunity  to attend.

Anyway life does not give everything to everyone and but still I regret missing the last annual day function of my daughter.

However  I will always look back  at the cacophony of children in the lobby with nostalgia.        

Now as I wind up the blog I wonder if I ever would experience the same cacophony once again .

When my children were in kindergarten the school had organized a grandparents day with some skits by tiny tots.

So now looking forward to it .  I have no idea where life takes my children & where they settle and which will be their children’s school and whether their school would organize a grandparents day.

However , we always need something to look forward to.