actor and director shital shah who is a single mom believes in living life to the fullest her world of joy revolves around her little daughter serena whom she adopted three years ago by choosing to be a single mom shital has pushed boundaries given ageold stereotypes a miss and in the process she has given hope and support to many on mothers day shital talks about her exciting journey and how seeing her daughter growing up has changed her as a person excerptsnow i see the world through my daughters eyes my journey as a mother has been the most unexpected serena my threeyearold daughter can easily be termed as my teacher too seeing her reacting to the world around her is pure magic relooking at the world through her eyes is like discovering a whole new world around me yes every day i learn new things about life and the world around us from her so i can happily say that she is introducing the world to me thanks to motherhood my life has taken a 360degree turn nothing remains the same i have been learning hindustani classical music for the last six months now serena has also started humming we are doing things together and this is the most fulfilling experience of my life during the pandemic we got time to explore things at home the pandemic made me spend uninterrupted time with serena so i am really grateful for having that time it gave us time to explore new things at home we would spend hours in our garden sometimes we would just collect little stones and flowers spending time together was a very nourishing experience for mebeing a single mom is a blessing it saves me from differences of opinion serena is my top priority now yes life is definitely different now being a single mom is a blessing in many ways it saves me from clashes and differences of opinion she is my responsibility and all the decisions pertaining to her upbringing are mine of course i have a lot of support at home my mother and sister are my pillars of strength and they really support me a lot i would not like to have it any other wayi have happily made changes in my life now till serena came into my life i owned my time now it is a different story my choices are different even my conversations with my friends are scheduled in advance but i am not complaining as i believe strongly in the process of learning learning new things really helps me in adding more to myself everything i do or deeply engage with is not for serena i concentrate on selfdevelopment and while doing so i try to involve serena too i have tweaked my choices in life after serenas arrival and i am happy about those choices but the best part is that in the last three years i have grown professionally as well on a