Amma is coming home today.
My Amma, my favorite…
Amma, with her big red bindi and colorful silks, her matching jhumkas and tinkling anklets. My grandfather loved to see her that way and so did we. After he passed away Amma continued wearing the big red bindi, afterall that’s how my grandfather loved her isn’t it? But wonder why everyone else was unhappy…she gave in, I never saw her again with the big red bindi. She cried that day, I cried too.
Amma loved to talk, she was a treasure trove of stories. She had a story for every occasion. A master story teller, she made even the most mundane things come to life. We all listened to her enthralled, the life of a party…I remember our evenings, full of adda and laughter. But then the stories became repetitive, her memory failing her slowly. Our roles reversed, so what if she didn’t have any stories to tell, I regaled her with new stories and she listened enraptured! But wonder why everyone else was bored…they avoided her company. She went into a shell, but then there were days when she would tell me and the plants, in our balcony, a story from her past, her eyes twinkled and so did mine.
Amma was the bedrock of the family, after all her life revolved around her family. Any time of the day or night, in sickness and health, in happiness and distress, Amma was always there for everyone. But wonder why everyone else was too busy when she needed them. Her kidney gave up and do did her family. She was sent to the old age home, she assured me that’s what she wanted, smiling through her tears.
Amma has come home today, one final time, before she is taken for the cremation. She looks serene, finally she is at peace. I smile, I am happy for her. But I wonder why everyone else is grieving…why now?
‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’
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A great story. Nicely penned.
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Thank you
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Your story made me emotional. made me remember my grandmother. she has grown old and her memory fails her but back then she was a bundle of energy, a centre of gossips and a master storyteller. she is frail and old now and my heart cries when I see her sitting lonely drowned in the fog of her own memories. How I wish to be with her, but she loves to be in her hometown and I am far away from her. Beautiful post!!!
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This is partly inspired by a relative I have.. So yes.. It is a sad reality.. thanks for the read
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The realization of importance of a person or thing in life is after we have lost them. Irony!
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Indeed… thanks for the read
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We never know when people or things leave us and the void they leave which cannot be filled by any means. Before it’s too late we should realize the importance of everything. Touching one!
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Completely agree with you..
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Very true. Very nicely put.
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Thanks Smita😊
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Thank you so much😍😍😍
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The unfortunate sorry state of affairs. We end up valuing people only after they are no more. This is definitely a WOW post.
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Great story. Reality that pinches.
People respect a person as long as he/she is ‘useful’ to them.
#AditiReads
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Sad but true.. Glad you liked it😊
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Society is cruel. It does not care for the living but cries for a dead body. Nice story.
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Beautiful…. Ur a pro now. Catch a publisher
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Aww… Thank you so much re
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Loved it
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So true … why now? Such a sad reality 😦
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Love it
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Thank you very much
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Welc5😊
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