Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Mother..!!!!!


She got up at 6.00 AM that morning.. it was the day after her daughter's marriage.. last evening, she had dropped her daughter off in her in-law's house, with visibly happy tearful face, and blessed her with a good life ahead. Today, early in the morning, she wakes up to see a house empty, with pin drop silence. Three days back, this house was full of noise and people around, the bride - her daughter was running here and there, dressing up, applying mehendi, chatting with people, deciding what to wear, etc. She has been running around her daughter to make sure her daughter is comfortable at all times. And now, the same home, with no sound, with no life, the mother looks at the decorations made in the house, everything looks very pretty, but nothing is meaningful now, her most lovable daughter is not there...!!! Oh yeah.. her daughter is now someone's wife..!!! A contented mother, who is happy that she has done her duty correctly by choosing a perfect match for her daughter, at the same time, a mother who is missing her daughter more than anything in life..!!!
She slowly gets up, thinks of making coffee for herself, then starts remembering those days when the first thing in the morning, she used to scream at her maximum voice to wake her daughter up...!! She thinks of those golden days when her daughter sleepily pulls her next to her and talk with her..!!! She thinks of those moments when her daughter made her a cup of coffee..!!!!!
She started becoming a little lonely when she knew that her daughter got a job in Bangalore and she is going to stay away from her...!!! But she was damn happy for her... you know, she is not like any normal mother who says sentiments are more important than anything. She is a lady of practicality. She made her daughter understand the importance of education, the importance of knowledge, the importance of a career. She was her daughter's inspiration..!! Well.. she herself is a teacher by profession.. teaching for the past 20 years.. and trust me, she is not an inspiration only to her daughter, but to every other student she had come across..!!!
She has always thought that her daughter was her only support in life.. mentally, physically, emotionally or whatever you call it..!! Now she feels as though, her entire strength is been pulled out from her...!!! Of course, she understands that this is what is life and she is very happy for her daughter... but she is not able to accept the fact that her daughter is not around her anymore..!!!! Mothers...!!! Goddess..!!!!!
She thinks of every trivial thing her daughter has done to her... even after going to Bangalore for work, she and her daughter used to be on the phone every night for hours, she now thinks whether it will be possible!!!! Her daughter used to come home atleast once in 2 weeks, for her daughter cannot be without meeting her for such a long period, she now thinks whether this will happen again ever!!!!
She knows her daughter's temper and she is worried as to how her daughter will manage in her in-laws house!! She knows what a lousy cook her daughter is, she wonders how her daughter is gonna manage things!! Man... how many things can she worry about..!!!!!!!!!!
She herself is a daughter, a lovable sister, a wife, a teacher, she is a doctorate, she knows the world, she is in contact with most of the top most people in the industry, but when it comes to her daughter, she is totally, emotionally bonded. She is with full of love, full of care, full of emotions, full of concern..!!!
Hats off to you mom..!!! Love you forever..!!!!