Reply from a son to his mother after Deepavali celebrations:
Oh Mom,
Its true that the festival ended too soon. The lights, the crackers are all over, the carefully chosen dress for the Deepavali is safely kept inside for another day.
The sweets and snacks you made will make my tea time, thinking of you, your time and efforts to make it so delicious with your love.
I know how much you have prepared yourself mentally and physically days before we all visited you for the festival.
I know you miss us all the next morning, when the rooms are all empty, but its a promise amma that we will come back again and we too leave with a heavy heart! Our duties calling, job in another city, to run for the money now so that we could finish off our duties and calm down! Only that I know you can't keep waiting! I know I'm being selfish but to have the necessities fulfilled, I have to go now.
These moments of the festival, the awesome food you made will all the love, keep me charged till the next year! Though I'm showing to the world as matured, two tear drops roll from my eyes as my train departs from our home town!
My sister and me don't meet too, we silently crave for these days again! Our calls are also casual and not so frequent! Her kids and mine don't get to play with each other often though they gel well!
I don't know when next I'll come, before the festival. So many things to plan there, kids classes and school, my office and her office, someone to take care of the house, other boring things!
I wish I didn't grow up! I could have happily stayed here.
Running behind a job and the money it brings, we have all chased the relationships away and have shamelessly taught the next generation the same. Whatsapp and Facebook are the means to communicate with family members.
Staying at one place for holidays don't happen anymore, as dates don't match and if it does we all run away to lavish resorts to spend the so called quality time with our own family! Just thinking have you and Dad ever did this to us?
I wish I didn't grow up! I could have happily stayed here.
We are all so near to each other in the form of iPad, mobile and laptop but very far physically and mentally!
Love you Amma, please forgive me for giving you all this pain!!
Oh Mom,
Its true that the festival ended too soon. The lights, the crackers are all over, the carefully chosen dress for the Deepavali is safely kept inside for another day.
The sweets and snacks you made will make my tea time, thinking of you, your time and efforts to make it so delicious with your love.
I know how much you have prepared yourself mentally and physically days before we all visited you for the festival.
I know you miss us all the next morning, when the rooms are all empty, but its a promise amma that we will come back again and we too leave with a heavy heart! Our duties calling, job in another city, to run for the money now so that we could finish off our duties and calm down! Only that I know you can't keep waiting! I know I'm being selfish but to have the necessities fulfilled, I have to go now.
These moments of the festival, the awesome food you made will all the love, keep me charged till the next year! Though I'm showing to the world as matured, two tear drops roll from my eyes as my train departs from our home town!
My sister and me don't meet too, we silently crave for these days again! Our calls are also casual and not so frequent! Her kids and mine don't get to play with each other often though they gel well!
I don't know when next I'll come, before the festival. So many things to plan there, kids classes and school, my office and her office, someone to take care of the house, other boring things!
I wish I didn't grow up! I could have happily stayed here.
Running behind a job and the money it brings, we have all chased the relationships away and have shamelessly taught the next generation the same. Whatsapp and Facebook are the means to communicate with family members.
Staying at one place for holidays don't happen anymore, as dates don't match and if it does we all run away to lavish resorts to spend the so called quality time with our own family! Just thinking have you and Dad ever did this to us?
I wish I didn't grow up! I could have happily stayed here.
We are all so near to each other in the form of iPad, mobile and laptop but very far physically and mentally!
Love you Amma, please forgive me for giving you all this pain!!
A Heart Wrenching Letter and turns to be more meaningful because it was written after diwali holidays..a carving festival in TN
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