Today is the 8th of august and I have completed fifty years of age!For the last couple of weeks I have been waiting in anticipation for this landmark in my life.....wondering what kind of a change I would feel after this day. But this day too dawned as any other day,the sun rising in the east ,the alarm and the call bell ringing to wake me up from my dreams.
It was the same earlier too....as a child waiting for a whole year for each birthday....waiting excitedly for entering my teens......and the great expectation of becoming an adult on my eighteenth b'day !But nothing earth shattering ever happened and life continued as before after the usual wishes and treats.
And so half a century of living is over. It is an awesome feeling ,even though there is no visible change! One significant difference however is that for the first time after getting married neither my husband nor my children are with me. Vipin is away on a project ,nona is married and happily settled with her own family and ashu is away for higher studies. This in itself describes the journey of my life and proves that I have come a long way from where I started.
But despite the absence of these people I have not been alone or lonely.......the presence of my younger sister suju,shyam,swati and googi, my father and the phone calls of all those close to my heart have made me realize how lucky I am to have so many wonderful people around me. People who have shared my joys and my sorrows ...my highs and my lows...my successes and my failures and remained with me in my good times and bad.
I was told that today is a very special day for me . But I think today, as every other b'day has been made special by all of you lovely people who took out time to remember to wish me! Thank You.
It was the same earlier too....as a child waiting for a whole year for each birthday....waiting excitedly for entering my teens......and the great expectation of becoming an adult on my eighteenth b'day !But nothing earth shattering ever happened and life continued as before after the usual wishes and treats.
And so half a century of living is over. It is an awesome feeling ,even though there is no visible change! One significant difference however is that for the first time after getting married neither my husband nor my children are with me. Vipin is away on a project ,nona is married and happily settled with her own family and ashu is away for higher studies. This in itself describes the journey of my life and proves that I have come a long way from where I started.
But despite the absence of these people I have not been alone or lonely.......the presence of my younger sister suju,shyam,swati and googi, my father and the phone calls of all those close to my heart have made me realize how lucky I am to have so many wonderful people around me. People who have shared my joys and my sorrows ...my highs and my lows...my successes and my failures and remained with me in my good times and bad.
I was told that today is a very special day for me . But I think today, as every other b'day has been made special by all of you lovely people who took out time to remember to wish me! Thank You.
