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Father for two Now!


I have been a bad blogger ever since I ventured in the world of blogging. It was not out of choice but out of the added responsibilities I have now. With this article, I am again trying to revive my interest in writing.

Quite recently, 20th January 2013, my second child came into this “wonderful” world as a healthy baby boy. It was one of the most joyous occasions of mine. I am now a father of two, a daughter and a son. My daughter who will be turning 10 years in April 2013 has younger brother now and my wife became the mother of two. Only those who have been parents or who are parents will understand the joy that one would have while holding your newborn baby for the first time.

After my son joined our family, life seemed to have changed totally for my wife, daughter and myself. My daughter, whom I now address, as elder sister is happier than she used to be and also seems to understand where and when to render her helping hands. My son is today 54 days old and I feel happy, for he is growing healthy with time.

Now, what seems to be joy, at-times would remind us of the portion of our days in world nearing completion. We have to accept that, almost everyone of us believe that we will breathe our last only after ripening our age, not even realizing the uncertainties of our death. There is also a famous Bhutanese saying “Dam-Choe Ma Ha, Jigten Ma-Che” (Don’t get in to religion early, don’t be late to marry and raise family). Such saying from our great ancestors let us to assume that everyone of us will die after becoming 'old'. But, I have seen so many who were younger than me leave before me.
Recently, I was in Duthrue (Cremation ground) in Thimphu. You will not believe that, it was my first ever visit in the last 32 years to visit a cremation ground. It was only in cremation ground, I realized that every one of us would need to leave all our belongings and then turn ourselves into ashes and nothing else. So, what use is all the attachment that one has to our families, wealth, ones' body, another’s body and so on. I think somebody rightly said that, "in-order to remind us of the suffering and impermanence, one has to constantly visit cremation ground and some emergency/casualty units in any hospitals".

Having pointed out the two important contrasting points, I would like to end for now with another contrasting point. Just yesterday, I was discussion with some of my friends on planting some teak trees and bamboos in my small piece of land back in my hometown. I guess, I was thinking towards securing the “happy future” of my two wonderful children.

Such questions and thoughts seems useless sometimes, but, sometime such thoughts seems to make lots of sense.
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