My mom is a wonderful cook

At recently concluded family party thrown by my dad I heard what I have heard a million times before at every such do. “You are an amazing cook!” Each of these complements directed toward my mom. She unfailingly comes up with the patience to cook a range of delicacies each of them unique and each of them equally praiseworthy. She has an uncanny instinct of knowing when to add an ingredient which the original recipe does not feature and each time only bringing out something more that would have never been without her touch.

I have the been blessed with the opportunity to knowing the lady you usually refer to as Mrs. Jeevan or Jeevan Ma’am. And if I were to tell you about her in the in totality, these few words would come closest to doing justice. And it in a way is what she does for a profession as well. She IS a cook. One of the best around!

Each of you, her students, are but a result of years of her patience, foresight and that uncanny instinct of which words will motivate you to go achieve your best.

The foresight to know when to let you find your way and when she should turn on the temperature and get progress moving faster. How to stir the multiple ingredients that you call talents in a manner that allows each of them to emit a fragrance announcing to the world, your true potential.

And with a expertise of a master chef work simultaneously on each and every one of you transforming you from the amalgamation of mere ingredients to simulating products each with their own allure and each equally praiseworthy.

And just like raw ingredients being put into a hot pan, stirred around. Tossed. Submerged till the neck in water and looked at with eyes expecting nothing but a magnificent end product, you too might not have seen beyond the discomfort being handed out to you. Calling it unjust, unfair, inhuman or even cruel on occasion. But at the end of it all when you see eyes beaming at you with pride for everything you have become and everything you are capable of, the journey not only seems worth it but the method, priceless. And without doubt I’m sure you too will reach the same conclusion that I already have.

For the million things that my mom will be remembered for, spoken about and the many facets of hers you know there will not be another sentence which describes her in near totality as the title of this note. Above the miracle mom she is and an alchemist teacher she is an amazing COOK!