STORIZENCONTRIBUTE
42 | STORIZEN MAGAZINE JULY 2019she realised that ‘the thing’ she
had kicked out of her way
enroute to boarding the train
was actually her phone. Her
phone was old and needed
replacement, yet it contained
important stuff and needless to
say it was part of her life.
Simplicity be damned, her mind
raced away about boarding the
next train back and searching
for her phone, which might lie
still in the grass, near the
station.Tanya and Dev often clashed
over how much technology is
being used in their house, yet
Tanya tried to keep it simple by
cutting down on television time,
not buying an IPad for Lia and
also limiting Lia’s screen time.
Sometimes the choices she
made for Lia, who was now ten
years old, made life difficult for
Lia. Her peers constantly talked
about new TV shows and
features, or the new video
game in the block. Lia felt left
out and at times bullied.
However, Tanya always
explained her decisions to Lia,
which has kind of worked out till
now. Then Lia was invited for asleepover to her friend’s
birthday party and since it was
her closest friend, Tanya let her
go. The next evening Lia
returned, questions about the
party was answered with a
monosyllable, stating that she
was tired Lia went to bed.Next morning Tanya tried
having a conversation with Lia,
who still seemed sapped out.
Instantly her mother’s heart
knew that something had gone
wrong at the sleepover, she
dialled Amy’s number to fish out
details of the sleepover. After a
short chat she hanged up, her
eyes brimmed up with tears,
Lia, her baby was in pain and
she knew it.
Amy had told Tanya that the
girls had dinner and then they
had asked permission to watch
a movie on Netflix, Amy had
allowed that with the promise
that they all go to bed by 10.
After that she had gone up to
her room and by 10 the girls
had also retired to their room.
Everything was fine except Lia
was very quiet in the morning
and Amy had concluded that
maybe she missed home, after