Journey - Part V

"Row Row Row your boat, gently down the stream.... merrily merrily merrily, life is but a dream". Kusuma taught this rhyme to all her kids in "Aakanksha" and she felt so happy when kids enjoyed singing this along with her. Yeah, "Aakanksha", her dream school which she started a year ago. Aakanksha , she had named it , meaning hope. She believed in bringing life into the lives of all those children who were the so called 'abnormal' kids.Kusuma hated this word though. This was infact one of the reasons that she quit her earlier school "Bhavana", where she had started off her career as a developmental psychologist.Immediately after her graduation, Kusuma had attended a workshop on "Kids with Special needs" . Her friend had forced her into this workshop and this had driven kusuma(K) to take up a course on child psychology. she was clear in her understanding of children's needs and her 2 years stint in 'Bhavana' had given her immense exposure into the teaching methods for children with disabilities. She couldn't tolerate 'Bhavana' 's emerging needs to earn more money. Neither could she tolerate anybody calling her kids 'abnormal'. She worked v. hard to set up "Akanksha". Funds didn't flow in easily.But she knew she had to do it for those little angels , those innocent eyes seeking an early intervention.