The Little Joys... "We never get to have any fun!" grumbled my 7 year old son through this broken front tooth & partly swollen lips. The ask was that he wants to enjoy his ice-cream cone with his feet hanging inside the water fountain of the small park conveniently located by the cross streets of our home. Some moments just freeze in time and make their way instantly to the hall of fame in your permanent memory! That was one such moment for me. I will never forget that face, the expression and the immaculate innocence behind it! But what was so special about that moment that melted my heart and transfixed my mind? Rewinding just few hours back, he had suffered one of the worst injuries till date, falling face down on concrete side walk while riding his bike, resulting in loss of front tooth (luckily a wiggly one), wounded gums and cuts big enough to incur stiches on lower lip and chin. While I was still in kind of trauma from all the stress of s...
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