New Arrival

That feeling when your childhood mate, sort of a sister is lying in front of you with a baby beside her!!! I just sat looking at the two of them, trying to digest what " just happened". It doesn't seem so long since she taught me how to serve a cock and that remains my only good move in any sport. Yeah lol. Mom says she played with me since I was born. My memories could only reach up to the time when we both hid under a blanket on a scary bed which creaked when the ghosts recognized us. And I remember a bubble bath as well :P . It's as if the past got forwarded very swiftly to this day. We had lost touch for a few years when studies came on her ways, and she is a doctor now. All of a sudden I knew she was going to marry.. And I couldn't digest that either. I kept smiling at the change, in her, in times. Maybe that was when I realized that she was 7 years older than me. Who cares! And today was her delivery. I had visited her on a regular basis for the past 9 months, I even attempted the dreaded to flatter the would-be mother-I cooked! It was fun watching her tummy grow as she continued to stay beautiful as always and today, the baby is out! I was never a fan of kids but this time I just dragged my mom along to see the new entry. Lovely!

Some changes can't be digested soon, but everything feels so wonderful after that.

Unseen Heroes

My trip with 4 elderly ladies including my mom wasn’t exciting at all. The moment each one got inside the car, they began to narrate what all they had been doing since they woke up. Getting up with a back pain, head ache while making tea, dishes they had made (name and recipe included), dusting rooms etc etc. They love their husbands like crazy. Every 1 hour they talk about their partner and kids of course. I plugged in my ear phones to distract myself from household chores. Unfortunately I couldn’t. Maybe they have a point. They have been doing so much work at home plus their works outside, much more than a house maid’s work. Okay wait, I made a mistake. Even house maids are women and they work at home and outside, no difference, mistake sorted. Now getting back to my thoughts, aren’t they really great? Even though I sit at home, watch TV with my legs on the couch and order for whatever I want, I admit that mothers work harder than anyone else. Those 4 women in the car were epic examples of mental and physical strength. Someone who struggled to bring back her son from alcohol addiction, another praying her heart out for their financial crisis, the other aunty who was proposed by the most distinguished person of town just because of her stern character and my mom whom everybody looks up to, who helped a lot of people survive in different arenas . If we open our eyes, we can see how women act strong in their small horizons. Not that I would do half of the work that mom does right now, (yes I am lazy) but I can appreciate in my own ways and I will do it, yeah it is not a big deal, still :P . The fun part is, one of them suggested a very bizarre idea. That is to send a memoranda to the Modi Government asking him to provide salary to all homemakers! It certainly is impossible but in one sense, that does make sense. They deserve more encouragement and appreciation I guess, for the life they have set apart for family. Hats off to all homemakers!!