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| meera |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 04:15 PM
“I want my daughter to date a MAN,” says Ashley’s mom, looking at Meera accusingly. Ashley and Meera have been roomies for the past one year. They both had joined the same sorority and were also the best of friends, so were mostly together. Ashley’s mom got the notion from somewhere that they were going around and was always looking at them suspiciously. They laughed at it but Meera was getting tired of all this. Meera is a very feminine girl and so is Ashley. They were both cheerleaders in high school and had also chosen to go to the same college. Ashley had tons of boy-friends and Meera’s parents did not want her to be friends with Ashley. “Tyo keti bigreki che, tesko sangat na gar.” In spite of all that parenting advice they were still the best of friends. That was college life. After college, Meera’s mom had her married to a young college lecturer. It was an arrange marriage and Meera had protested bitterly. But the protest had fell on deaf ears and the marriage had taken place. Ashley on the other hand had married Steve, the college hottie. They had gone their separate ways and had only corresponded by mail. Ten years had passed.
“Mommy, whose letter is that?” asks little Abash curiously. Meera came to the world with a start. “huh, oh its your aunt’s letter” said Meera distractedly. She had a 3 year old son who was the apple of her eye. She looks at her son fondly, who then asks, “but you have no sister.” Meera says, “That’s my sorority sister.” “What is soso… mommy.” Meera not in the mood to explain says, “Go out and play.”
Meera looks at the letter again. Ashley who had recently broken up with her husband had nowhere to go and Meera had invited Ashley to stay.
So Meera went to the greyhound station to receive her friend. She was sure she was on time and was scanning the passengers but her friend was nowhere to be found. She checked her papers again. She was standing in front of the right bus and that too on time. A fat lady comes in front of her and says, “Meera!” Meera looks at her oddly. “Its me, Ashley!” Meera cannot believe her eyes. Gone is the Ashley that she knew. Standing in front of her is some woman weighing 300 pounds with coarse hands and red face. Behind her are 2 tired little boys, 8 and 5 year old. They go home. On the way, Ashley tells her how Steve stopped loving her after she got her first child. She then goes to say that she stayed married for the sake of her children and now that he had started physically abusing her, she had been forced to leave him. Meera wonders where did the love go.
Meera looks at her life and her husband for the first time in a different light. She had never married for love. Her husband never said anything about love and she had always thought he did not love her. He had never demanded anything and had treated her like a queen. How come it took her friend’s broken marriage to make her realize how much her husband loved her? That night, after her husband comes from work, she says, “Let’s go out to eat, only you and me.” Her husband is surprised and a shy smile crosses his face.
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 05:31 PM
This afternoon at 11 am, my seven year old son Tristen and I went for a family art therapy for a first time. You might be wondering why? That is what I have been wondering for a long time now, ever since my angel has been diagonised with ADHD and a bipolar disorder. Every night I go to bed with my why's and wake up thinking about the same whys , as always, unanswered. Yes, I have been wondering, why can't my son be normal like any other kids in the neighbourhood? Why does he always have to be the first one in his class to get into trouble? Why?
Today for the first time, I got a part of my answer...a bitter truth, I had to swallow with much difficulty, guilt and hurt.
I sat there, with my heart crying, as my son unfolded before the therapist how hurt he was through his drawings and colourings. I thought, I had understood him and knew exactly how he was feeling...sadly, I had been mistaken all along. Oh! how painful his colourings were, it was like the only world he was aware of was a sad world . Oh God! how terrible mom could I possibly be? I used to always look at him, before breakfast, after breakfast, when he would be playing...even when he would be sleeping. But today I realized, my eyes had never seen THROUGH him and INTO him. Perhaps, that is why, I made my dear angel suffer, as I tagged along with him.
Sitting there in a therapy room, as I listend to him; and watched his drawings and colourings, I did not know how to react. I could not cry, because I had to put up a face of a brave mom before him, I could not smile because the cries in my soul were more stronger than my smiles. So, I sat there unable to express my feelings that were killing me through and through.
Finally, we reached the last drawing. On it he had a drawing of two stick figures holding hands together. On the side of the drawing read, in red colour "I love you mum - Tristen." Then he turned his sheet, on the back of which were the words, "I love you mum very much...I am sad, when I hurt you." Reading those words, I went choky all over again...this time it was just too strong, so I let my tears go loose as I cuddled my little angel in my arms.
Yes, small things in life does matter, especially, when someone you love with all you have shows you in their own little ways, how much they love you; and how much you mean to them.
I know my little one has ADHD and a bipolar disorder , but I also know he means a world to me and he is a most special kid I could have ever been blessed with.
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 05:33 PM
Hey Meera,
Nice one :-)!
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| Indisguise |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 05:57 PM
Nice one Meera..... a real one?? hehehhe....Girl_interrupted... nice one too... ummm a real one???? It was nice reading those writings @from both of you. Indisguise:)
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| SITARA |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 06:31 PM
One word: Beautiful!
Meera, wonderful reading you.
GI, the beauty in every child is his/her uniqueness.
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| sTuPiD_jErK |
Posted
on 27-Jan-04 08:44 PM
Gurl_Interrupted, i didn't know u had a son. so cuteeeeeeeee :)
Meera, nice nice!!!
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| kalekrishna |
Posted
on 28-Jan-04 04:12 AM
Heart touching stories, sadly we have a curse to live with-a curse that makes us neglect and overlook the small things that are there on the way filled with love and joy, while we blindly pursue a goal of success and happiness that we will never reach to-a mirage that eludes everyone.
KK
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| meera |
Posted
on 28-Jan-04 11:33 AM
Thanks everybody for reading and also replying.
Sajha's kurakani mostly contain politics. Though I am into politics but seems not enough for it bores me too easily so I thought why not write down another story for people bored like me. No offence intended. I was going through my photo album and I saw one of my friend's photo in which he was smiling shyly, I wrote my whole story to revolve around that smile.
The photo which was labelled "Steve and his smile". I looked at the photo, there was nothing special about it, but the smile which was on his lips was beautiful. It had a mixture of shyness coupled with innocence. Hell I told myself, nothing was better than that. For me not even MonaLisa's smile :)
That and other things made me write this story, its a figment of my imagination and do not mean to hurt anyone in the process.
GI, I thought your story was way too beautiful. It touched my heart. Everytime I watch sad movies, I have tears flowing down my cheeks. I tell myself right in the beginning, Meera! its only a movie, but something goes wrong and the tears spring down. Ya, me a sucker all the way, haha!!!!
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| yOuNgBLoOdZ |
Posted
on 28-Jan-04 12:59 PM
WOW.. thats wonderful,
keep on writin sum more.. coz i have now got time to read sajha postings.. btwn my classses :) ...
yb
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| czar |
Posted
on 29-Jan-04 07:25 AM
Meera, a lovely portrayal of appreciation as a moral double entendre. In you, Sajha adds yet another talented writer writer to its roster. Welcome aboard.
Madame (G)Interruptus, a sensitive and touching tale.
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| Rusty |
Posted
on 29-Jan-04 11:29 AM
Meera,
Very nice writing! If you're sajha new comer, welcome to Sajhapur.
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| GurL_Interrupted |
Posted
on 29-Jan-04 12:20 PM
Thank you all :).
Meera special thank and apology to u for writing on ur topic w/o ur permission :). Hope u will forgive ur amaju :).
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| u_day |
Posted
on 19-Mar-04 10:14 PM
Meera!
Thanks for another great story. Enjoyed it. So far, I read about 4 of your stories ( all of them within last hour or so) You write great! Bravo girl!
You write grea. ALthough you can use a little more creativity in naming the chatacters in your stories; not that there's anything wrong in using same character is different stories. Please take this as my positive critisicism.
Anyway, back the story.
>> Abash asks ,“What is soso… mommy.” Meera not in the mood to explain says, “Go out and play.”
That is soo realistic. Wh kids start asking logical questions we try to avoid them by telling them to go out and play. That is what Anata's parents did to him. We all know what that did to him.
At the end of the story, meera(character, not you:p) realizing her husband's love for her... very romantic. Love is a feeling. It is felt more than said. It is the small things that matter in love, not saying "I LOVE YOU" every other second.
U-day
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| u_day |
Posted
on 19-Mar-04 10:41 PM
Great story G_I!
People with ADHD, bipolar and mental illness are like that. They have their own uniqueness which amaze us; we, the 'normal' people.
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| dancinqueen |
Posted
on 20-Mar-04 01:11 AM
Meera that was beautiful and touching piece.
GI...truly amazing .
I'm glad that both of you ladies have found the simple pleasures in your worlds and in your simple pleasures, I found tears of joy and a realization to look at my own surroundings through different glasses. hats off to both ladies. :)
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| honeybuzz |
Posted
on 20-Mar-04 06:02 AM
Meera,
It's a great story.Keep it up
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| honeybuzz |
Posted
on 20-Mar-04 06:07 AM
I have a boy.Who diagnosed with HPE(Holoprosencephaly) when he was
four& half months old.His name is Avash.He is so beautiful really
long curly eye lashes.He is most precious baby.Just few weeks
back he developed seizeres and i called his Dr for app. I really
didn't had any idea what really had happen to my baby.Dr asked us to
go children's hospital and admite baby.It was late evening so they
didn't do anything that day. Next day he had MRI,ECG & lot lab work.
I still didn't know what's wrong.Than later that day I found out my
perfect baby was not so perfect.Dr said he have HPE. He is in middle
of semi lober(moderate)and lobar.I didn't belive them.I looked at
my baby with lots tear in my eyes. He just looks like a normal
baby.why they didn't find anything wrong early.My small baby has
been through so much already.I have seen him suffer so much while in
hospital and it hurts me so much to see him like that i feel like
loosing my head.I know it just a start and i might have to see alot
worse than this.I don't know what i am gonna do.I have so much faith
in God i think he will be fine nothing will happen to him. He will
sit,walk & talk and do everything...................He have high sodiam
and he have a NG tube for extra water till now he is takeing formula
from mouth but sometime for hrs he doesn't drink.He is the only
reason my life keeps passing on.His beautiful smile is worth more
than anything in this world to me.Plzz all pray for me and my baby.
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| honeybuzz |
Posted
on 20-Mar-04 06:13 AM
Holoprosencephaly is a disorder caused by the failure of prosencephalon (the forebrain of the embryo) to divide to form bilateral cerebral hemispheres, causing defects in the development of the face and in brain structure and function. HPE consists of a spectrum of defects or malformations of the brain and face. At the most severe end of this spectrum are cases involving serious malformations of the brain, malformations so severe that they are incompatible with life and often cause spontaneous intrauterine death. At the other end of the spectrum are individuals with facial defects - which may affect the eyes, nose, and upper lip - and normal or near-normal brain development. Seizures and mental retardation may occur. Although the cause of most cases of holoprosencephaly remain unkown, researchers know that approximately one-half of all cases have a chromosomal cause.It is estimated that HPE affects between 1 in 5,000-10,000 live births. Since many pregnancies with a fetus diagnosed with HPE end in miscarriage, the frequency of HPE among all pregnancies may be as high as 1 in 200-250. Current studies indicate that only 3% of all fetuses with HPE survive to delivery and the vast majority of these infants do not survive past the first six months of life. The prognosis for a child diagnosed with HPE depends on the type of HPE and the presence of associated anomalies. The most severely affected children may live several months or years and the least affected may live a normal life span. Almost two-thirds of affected patients have alobar HPE and approximately one quarter are diagnosed with semilobar HPE
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