happiness...
Sheena was at home.She had availed the much awaited leaves, but could not go anywhere because Sanjay was away on tour.
She spent the first day sleeping. Ah!!! What relief she got....
The next morning she helped her Maa-in-law in the kitchen for sometime and sometime, she just spent staring out of the window. By the evening she was a lil bored. She saw the same notes of boredome in the eyes of her mom-in-law too...and then an idea struck her.
"Maa.. chalo"...She said.
"But where beta"...her mom in law asked.
Chalo to.......
In a jiffy she got ready & helped her maa get ready with her small lil tips, got the car keys & sped off to Bengali Market.
She could see the surprise in her mom in law's eyes and was enjoying every bit of it.
She stopped the car right in front of Nathu's her mom-in-law's favourite joint.
"What will you have maa?"
She could see the childlike glee in the smile of her maa , that felt heavenly.
She helped her mom in law choose from the vast array of chats other than the ones she loved. Her laughter, her small squeals of delight & her narration of the old times spent with her friends , her family & Sheena's paa-in-law, made Sheena venture into her life , a life which she had withheld from everyone; a life she shared only with herself in her room.The glimpse of this side of maa left Sheena a different person altogether. She never knew her maa-in-law was so full of life. She had seen her shrouded in her sadness( her paa-in- law had passed a few months back & Sheena was married later), embedded in her own world.
The warm glint of happiness in her eyes, that rare vision of independence and the overall joyful & happy woman in front of her, made Sheena enjoy 'her', as well as the evening all the more.
That very day a deal, a secret, non vocal, non verbal deal was struck between these two women, one a mother, the other much junior & like a daughter. The deal was of friendship & trust.
Till this day Sheena has her best friend around. She does not need to wait for 'her Sanjay' or her motley of friends for any kind of support, sharing anything or for happiness. She has her mom-in-law with her, beside her.
The experience of that day made Sheena a fuller, happier & enriched person beacuse she too believed in the old ways of life, was old school and so was a lil wary of her maa-in-law . Her total outlook changed that day( she still thanks Sanjay for not being there that day). The bond between the two of them( the two women) strengthens day by day; and the happiness in their lives increases manifold.
It's so very true, that a mother is a mother after all & will always remain a mother and no 'law' or 'in law' prefixed or suffixed will make a difference.
It is also true that there is an abundance of happiness, in the small, big and not so big things.
To look for happiness you just have to look around you!!! It is easy..........
©®Madhumita
Sheena was at home.She had availed the much awaited leaves, but could not go anywhere because Sanjay was away on tour.
She spent the first day sleeping. Ah!!! What relief she got....
The next morning she helped her Maa-in-law in the kitchen for sometime and sometime, she just spent staring out of the window. By the evening she was a lil bored. She saw the same notes of boredome in the eyes of her mom-in-law too...and then an idea struck her.
"Maa.. chalo"...She said.
"But where beta"...her mom in law asked.
Chalo to.......
In a jiffy she got ready & helped her maa get ready with her small lil tips, got the car keys & sped off to Bengali Market.
She could see the surprise in her mom in law's eyes and was enjoying every bit of it.
She stopped the car right in front of Nathu's her mom-in-law's favourite joint.
"What will you have maa?"
She could see the childlike glee in the smile of her maa , that felt heavenly.
She helped her mom in law choose from the vast array of chats other than the ones she loved. Her laughter, her small squeals of delight & her narration of the old times spent with her friends , her family & Sheena's paa-in-law, made Sheena venture into her life , a life which she had withheld from everyone; a life she shared only with herself in her room.The glimpse of this side of maa left Sheena a different person altogether. She never knew her maa-in-law was so full of life. She had seen her shrouded in her sadness( her paa-in- law had passed a few months back & Sheena was married later), embedded in her own world.
The warm glint of happiness in her eyes, that rare vision of independence and the overall joyful & happy woman in front of her, made Sheena enjoy 'her', as well as the evening all the more.
That very day a deal, a secret, non vocal, non verbal deal was struck between these two women, one a mother, the other much junior & like a daughter. The deal was of friendship & trust.
Till this day Sheena has her best friend around. She does not need to wait for 'her Sanjay' or her motley of friends for any kind of support, sharing anything or for happiness. She has her mom-in-law with her, beside her.
The experience of that day made Sheena a fuller, happier & enriched person beacuse she too believed in the old ways of life, was old school and so was a lil wary of her maa-in-law . Her total outlook changed that day( she still thanks Sanjay for not being there that day). The bond between the two of them( the two women) strengthens day by day; and the happiness in their lives increases manifold.
It's so very true, that a mother is a mother after all & will always remain a mother and no 'law' or 'in law' prefixed or suffixed will make a difference.
It is also true that there is an abundance of happiness, in the small, big and not so big things.
To look for happiness you just have to look around you!!! It is easy..........
©®Madhumita
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