Did you ever look back?
I stared at the blinking red light as it passed off. "Mom, when am I coming back?", asked my 12 year old champ. "It's just 6 months, beta. You'll meet new friends, new people and they'll all be so much happy to see you.", I replied with a cheerful smile. "Mama, what if they are not like and hate me. Bully me and snatch my tiffin. I'm just too like chota bheem". I smiled. Holding champ close to me, made him sleep on my lap. He loved dosing off on my lap. "Champ, whenever you're at new place you'll meet people who would not be like you. Hate you, annoy you and will try to suppress you but have you ever seen a star shining amidst all the darkness? Does it care about how dark or bright the surrounding is?" "It just shines bright.", His face lit up while he said this. "You'll also shine so bright someday. Brighter than anyone of them. And when you do, they'll all be the darkness....