All the fancies....all the blooms......the sparkling eyes with a princess dreams.....I had only one goal when I woke up....got ready with my clean school dress.....had a glass of milk and ran away....and now after those 12 years....I was 17, standing on my school gate, just out with my class 12 result....felt like a whole new world has spread out for me....I was sharing my greatest joy of completing my schooling with my friends and jealously exploring the Score cards of all my mates.
With the contented thoughts I reached home, saw myself in the mirror, elevated myself a little and said like a cynderalla - SCHOOL..Naah..I am grown up now. Too much for my delight that day mummy made a delicious kheer to celebrate my success with everyone at home...after having a bowl full I shouted out a loud - Mama, I am going out with my friends for a bicycle ride. Yes...!!! this was my life....sweet....filled with laughter....filled with cuddling moments...with no room for anxiety.
In the evening papa bought me a beautiful wrist watch though I wanted a jeans but I accepted thinking it part of style statement with grown ups...I was telling papa how I felt today and suddendly papa asked me - What next you want to pursue, what you want to become...??? I replied sluggishly getting away - Not now. Papa looked surprised and took me for a night walk. He holded my hand and said - Everyone dream to be big...!!! and now after completing your school, your ambition is what you are required to pursue, which will build a road for you to walk ahead. If not now then when, he asked me.
I din't knew myself when...??? but I wanted to enjoy my freedom from school books, teachers, marksheet and tests....soon I realised that this freedom has brought other big things along. I looked towards papa's face and replied - Now papa, now is the time to grow up. Papa hugged me and said - yes my dear...I want to see you grown up and successful!!
It was my first brush with the life after school - Struggle for an Identity. I was changed from the little princess to a grown up teenager....that night while lying on my bed I kept playing scramble with the words - Graduation, Course, Job, Boys, Jeans, shopping, Movies, Style and don't know when I slept.
The next day I woke up early with all the same words across my mind...I reached for my balcony to see the rising sun....This was my first Transition.
