Well today, it took my (almost) 4 year old daughter to make me realize that I was getting too complacent about a few things that I never thought were too big to be worried of in life, but she imagined otherwise.
First in the morning, I was off with my daughter, starting a bit late today to drop her off at her school and while we neared the school, I realized it was quite late indeed and whisked across the road with the pedestrian signal still not on for us. My daughter was quick to notice it and pulled me up with the question "Why do we cross while the signal is still red for us?" I was definitely amused. I knew that I did not have any convincing answer to her question. All I could do was to admit the mistake and assure her that it was not to be done again in the future and I had to blame it on being late for school.
The second one happened late in the evening when I was taking my daughter back home in the MRT and asked her to finish off the little bag of walnuts she had brought from home. She was instantaneous in her reply to win over me saying that eating was not right or permitted in the MRT's. I was dumbfounded. I gave her a big hug and took her home.
Such little things we teach our little one's mean so much to them, but we, grown up's, seldom take them to heart. I am indeed proud of my lovely daughter!
