Ma

Caution : I am in one of my senti moods, and so a senti post coming in. You can avoid reading if you are not in that mood.

Recently, a friend shifted from Bangalore to Pune and he finds Bangalore a better place after much consideration. (Refer here). Since I have lived in both the places, couldn’t help comparing. Although with Bangalore, a new chapter of my life commenced altogether, in Pune I tasted independence. I got my first salary. I made some very good friends, with whom I hope to be in touch for many years to come. I reinvented friendship with old friends. We were fresh out of college and with each other’s support, life was bearable, away from home and fun too. The best part about Pune was, I could rush home anytime I wanted, which is not the case with Bangalore. I haven’t been home for around a year L My friends are shocked too because they know that I am a very home loving person and I went home at every possible opportunity.

The one person I miss the most is my Ma. I have been lucky to receive unadulterated, unquestioned love from my mother. Even though I talk to her often, it’s not the same. I like her physical presence, even if we don’t talk, just the thought that she is there near me is soothing enough. I was lying down the other day and thinking that how easy and comfortable she made my life then. How she used to be worried about every little thing about me, it brings me close to tears. And how far away she is from me now. I am really thankful to her for all that she has done for me and my siblings. I thank God from the bottom of my heart that I have her as my mother.

Today, I see youngsters, both boys and girls, behaving so rudely with their parents that it pains my heart. Not that I have never spoken rudely with my parents. I have, more than once, but I have always regretted it later. Now that I am away from my folks, I have all the more, realized their importance.

If you are a girl and you are not married I have to say this to you: I love my husband. My in laws treat me like their own daughter and my mother-in-law would not stop gushing about how perfect their bahu is. Yet. Yet, there is nothing like home. Nothing like your own Ma and own Papa. No matter how modern your thinking is, a part of you does get divided after marriage. You are a part of two families. So all you bachelorettes, you belong 100% to your parents. Make full use of it. Please cherish every moment spent with them.