I dunno what to write…how to write…too many things happening…life taking turns…making you face situations you never anticipated…bringing you so close to the harsh realities…

Motu is a dear friend…both of us have too many things in common…both of us relate to the shape “round”, both of us end up showing our batteesee (32 teeth) most of the times…both of us are BIG time foodies…just too many to mention…that’s the reason we call each other motu sisters!! The phase of your life when everything seems to just go wrong, even that phase was going parallel for us…somewhere things were taking a “slight” positive turn for me and I wished the same for motu. The sudden realization that the parallel track of two people taking different directions is not-so-pleasant…

Motu’s mom was suddenly diagnosed with a serious disease; the shock was big enuff to handle. The responsibility of taking decisions, arranging things, meeting docs, deciding hospitals is not-so-easy-a-task! I was with motu at the day of surgery, so were some other friends. Hospitals are depressing…completely depressing…but then that is the only option at times…sending your mum to the operation theater with a smile so that she gets the strength to fight-it-out, inspite of the fact that you are crying inside takes a lot of guts…I saw motu doing all that…I saw her breaking down at times but at the same time I also saw her pulling herself up and fighting it out. All I could do was to be there…with her…I could actually realize how much it means to be there when someone needs you…

The ordeal of passing each and every minute…every second till the surgery was complete had exhausted Motu and her family…emotionally, mentally, physically…her wet eyes, her fading smile…had put me to thought…presence of our parents mean so much…its’ so difficult to see them go though the pain…money becomes the necessary evil of our lives at times…friends mean so much…testing times can knock anyone’s door, anytime…!!!

When I was witnessing this whole thing…I just thought about the times I had hurt my aai baba, at times intentionally, unintentionally at other times…somewhere down it pinched my heart so much…all I can wish is not to repeat them ever again…

Motu has seen one of the hardest times of her life, and I also know that she’s strong enough to handle “everything”. I always believe that God puts testing times on the ones who can have the courage to face it, handle it. We need to take such times as an opportunity to find out the people who are actually there when we need them.

Motu, m always gonna be with you…just a call away…I love you…aunty’s gonna be fine…and as I say…achche logon ke saath achcha hi hota hai (good happens to ggod people)…waiting to see that smile and twinkle in your eyes again…!!!