I WAS JUST SIX

Episode # 2

Wow, Baba came back home from his trip with his friends, Esme said joyfully while running toward the door. I am going to take him from the door mama. Okay, just be careful, my little Esme. Take your brothers along with you. Baba, I miss you so much. It's been a whole week. My little angel baba missed you too. Baba missed all of his children and also my pretty wife. How are you Star? Did my children tease you or not? No way are they such cute angels, and they are also my children. What are you talking about? said Star.

Moon started laughing. Oh, just kidding my love. Okay, now baba is going to get fresh, then I will give presents to everyone and eat food together okay baba, said Esme. Oh, my little princess.

The children were talking to their mother so happily while Moon was there getting a shower. Mama, you made only your husband's favorite food. That’s not fair. We are also your children. All five of you are my children and I love you all more than anything in this world, but today your baba was coming after seven days, so I just tried my best to impress him, my son. I will make your favorite food whenever you want.

Oh, my sweet mama, we were just joking. Baba is already so impressed with his wife. Okay, now people are joking with my wife. That’s so unfair. We are not people, baba we are your own sons. Oh, just kidding, son. Now come baba sit and have your food which your wife made with her beautiful hands. Oh my goodness, there is biryani and kebab made for me.

My love Star. There was no need for all of this. You just tire yourself. I can eat anything made by you. It's okay, just go ahead and enjoy your food. Okay children, all of you eat properly. Mama made this with her lovely hands, so don’t waste any chance to have her special food. Yes, baba, we should eat all of this. Life will give us this chance again or not. Oh my son, why are you talking like this? I will make you good food every day and I will make food every day. You're teasing me, naughty boy, Star said while smiling at her big son.

Mama, your smiling face and your eyes that shine. This is what I love the most and I did this on purpose to see my mother happy. Oh. My son is flirting with my wife in front of me. After all, she is our mommy baba? Are you jealous of this mother sons relation. Aha, my son is so genius he knows how to make us happy. I want this happiness to last forever.Yes baba, this will last forever. We will always stick together (In sha Allah) with the will of Allah.

Okay, now let’s finish the food and open the gifts. I got four same watches and shoes for my sons and a pretty necklace for my wife and these toys for my little Esme. Thank you baba, we all love you so much and one day we will bring gifts for you and mama when we are your successful children. I am looking forward to that day, my son, Star, said while having happy tears in her beautiful big eyes.

Let's have a family picture together. Mama came near to Baba and held Esme`s hand, and we four would stand on sides your two sons on one side and two on the other. Look how beautifully this picture explains our bonds with each other.

A beautiful woman and her handsome husband have four sons and a cute princess of their house, a little daughter, Esme. This is called a happy family forever. May this family be safe from all the evil eyes. Amen.

Esme turned five. Now my little princess will study in school with her brothers. Yes baba, I would love to go to school and study. Mama will help you learn all your lessons as she helped your brothers. Wow. Mama will be my teacher too. That will be so good. I will not have to study with strict teachers. I will learn my lessons from mama more easily and happily also.

Yes, my daughter will learn everything and leave her brothers behind. I don’t like academy mama. But why Esme? When we went there with Baba for big brother's admission, I saw there were so many strange people or children. They don’t study properly, they just laugh and tease each other and they are all dull students. No Esme, there may be good students too. You can't judge people. Okay mama, but why am I worried I will study only from my mama? Wow.

Star, where are you? Come here. Look at my son. He got the highest grades in school. And the little one also got second highest. Oh! My children, I love you all. My successful sons and daughter. I am so grateful. This is the magic of my love. The way she stayed awake all the nights of their exams and helped them study more easily.

Not my magic moon, it’s the magic of their own brains. All of my children are very genius. They studied so well and now they have achieved success. Let`s celebrate this. Let me call Amira. We will celebrate this all together. Soon you should go outside and bring presents for my children. They are my children too Star my love, Moon said while smiling. Oho I never say they are only my children. Go bring presents for our children. The star said while smiling.

Amira was their grandmother, Moon's mother. She lived in their house but on the first floor. The star called her upstairs, and they celebrated their children's success. Esme also started going to school. She had just passed kindergarten. And now she was in class one. She loved to go to school and study. She was so fond of painting and book reading.

Her father, Moon, gifted her all the art supplies and so many reading books. She liked English subjects more than other subjects, but as she was too little to read them, she got story books in Urdu. Moon never forced any of his children to study medical or engineering. He always supported them to do what they like and to study those subjects in which they are interested. He was a very calm father who used to treat his children more like their friend.

What would you like to become in my future, Esme? I am a girl's grandmother and I will also be a girl after growing up. Oh, my naughty Esme, I mean will you become a doctor? An engineer or a pilot or a professor, like your baba is a business person. Your big brother is an engineer and the second one is studying medicine, so what if you become my princess? I wanted to become like my mama. Your mama is a homemaker. Will you become a homemaker only? What will be your profession? No Amira Jan, I want to be like mama. The way she loves all of us, I want to become a person in the future who will make everyone happy and will be loved by everyone. I don't want to become a person who will hurt other people. I just want to be a good human like my mama and baba. Oh my sweetie, you have such good thoughts. Okay, let's ask your mama baba what they wanted you to become. Start what you and Moon wanted Esme to choose as her profession? She has so little to think about all of this, but I have some feelings that my daughter will grow up as a very different person. She will choose something unique as her profession. She can choose whatever she likes like. Moon and I never had any restrictions for our other children, and we also don’t have any for her.