Fish Tank -365 Flash Fiction #36

His son walked to the fish tank and pointed to a rather cute looking fish and shouted with excitement, “There is one”. He walked up to his son and touched his head and joined his excitement. As they spend time exploring the colors of life inside the water a girl of the same age walks up and starts a conversation with his son. He steps … Continue reading Fish Tank -365 Flash Fiction #36

When Your Kid Asks a question…

Today my son asked me “How do you make a bubble with a bubble gum?” I was thinking about something else and just said “I don’t know”. He looked at me and said in disbelief “What..? you are my dad and you say you don’t know?…. that is so mean” then he paused for a moment and said “And you are so big?” I looked at … Continue reading When Your Kid Asks a question…

There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus

This weekend I was out in the city with family walking through china town. It was a pretty long walk for our 4 year old though. Towards evening, that too after having walked all the way he looked at me and put his hands up and said “Take me”. I smiled, took him on my shoulder and we moved on. What interested me was that … Continue reading There are three stages of a man’s life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus