The Midnight Call

I recieved Madhuri's call at midnight, the moment I heard her voice I sensed a bad news was about to be delivered, sadly I was right, She told me her Mom just expired...

Aunty, my friend Madhuri's mom, had been keeping unwell for sometime, this Diwali when I called to convey my wishes, I got to know that she has been hospitalised. I called Madhuri who was with her in the hospital and I got the oppurtunity to talk to her. I spoke to her, unaware that this would be my last.

I had taken it for granted that, Aunty would come back home and things would get normal again -just as it happened every time she was hospitalized.

This Diwali was meant to be very special for her, as it was her daughter's first Diwali after marriage. And celebrating the occasion from the hospital's bed was not what she had planned.

It amazed me when I learnt later that ignoring her health's warning she went ahead and prepared all the Diwali sweets. This action of hers only reminded me of our parents unconditional love for us, they never seem to get tired of putting us before them.

Yesterday, I bade my final farewell to her, my best friend's mother, who has left a vaccum in our lives, that can never to be filled specificly, her family's.

Call of Gratitude

Thought I would start my first ever blog by answering the call of gratitude... and it is gonna be Dil Se :)

Thank you God for the good health I have, help me to treasure it.
Thank you for my mom being with me, help me to take good care of her.
Thank you for my husband whom I love, help us to nurture and respect each other.
Thank you for my child, he is special :) help and guide me to bring him up well.
Thank you for the friends that I have, they make my world delightful, help me to preserve their friendship.
Thank you for the job I have, i enjoy it, help me to give my best in it.
Thank you for those special people who have time and again moulded me since my childhood with their thoughts, attitude and way of life , help me to emulate them.
Thank you for my maid, she makes my job easy, help me to keep her happy.
Thank you for the house we live in, it is the only roof we can call our own.
Thank you for the car we have, it has made shopping easy :)
Thank you for the books I read, they give joy to me.
Thank you for the time spent alone, it helps me to keep in touch with - myself :)
Thank you for every event in the past, they have helped me shape better!

Thank you God for being there, whenever I have needed you the most.

This exercise has just reinforced what I have known always, just that I took the oppurtunity to acknowledge it - that I am blessed with so many graces and good things in life.

Your turn now, to answer the call of Gratitude... Count your blessings, Dil Se ;)

-Julie