Her favourite character is Karma Lee with her red hair and embroidered jeans. She also likes Barry Bones (Baiee Bones) just the way he is and Guy Dangerous just because he has 'dangerous' in his name (her Dadi had once showed her a pic of a polar bear in Reader's Digest and said it was dangerous - since then it's stuck as something fantastic).
One day- we played the game at least 25 times, if not less, so much so that when I closed my eyes I could see only coins and my character running. For a wild moment I wondered what if life was an iPad game?
How would it play out? Would I have different avatars- different roles- like I keep juggling every day...
Would scenarios change too? Market, home, study, bedroom...
What laurels would I achieve by completing a set of tasks?
Would leader boards define me any different, just because of the motherly love I felt for my unique baby?
But
Looking after your children is a thankless task- and no one appreciates the common housewife- however well educated she may be.
The pace of life may not be an iPad game, but unlike the game- you do not get lauded for any High Scores.
Life's too ordinary to be an iPad game.
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