Trip Down Memory Lane

TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE As I take a jaunt down my memory lane childhood  memories appear vivid and clear . I can visualise my school days which was the most precious moment of my life. Dressed in my school uniform with blue bag and red waterbottle I rushed towards the assembly ground. Ah! I suddenly slipped and fell down but there was someone to help me and pick me in  her lap. Those loving arms I can never forget when my dear teacher embraced me.This occured not just once but on endless such occasion.On another such instance I was shivering with cold when my dear teacher wrapped me in her shawl and took me out in the sun and lied down in her lap until slept.There are countless such incident which are my prized possession.                                                  Today when I teach the tiny toddlers, sing nursery rhymes with them play and dance, I feel my childhood days are back again. I laugh when they are happy and I become sad when they cry. Their innocent querries make me smile and help me forget all my problems.I want to hug them. I want to embrace  them . I wish their innocence never diminishes. I want to see each  one blooming and spreading  their fragrance with their innocence. I want to protect them and shelter them from all problems. I wish their childhood is not crushed and burdened by our education system and the competions going around which starts at a very young age. I become attached  to each one of them and its very painful to part with them when they go to the next class. It seems they never grow up and remain in the same class with me for ever and ever. But nothing is constant in this world,we meet to part and we part to meet again.                                              T