It looked as of i was bidding fare well to my son only yesterday.To be precise on 17th Decemeber 2010.And almost 6 months have passed since then with flying speed.
The fact that for major part of that period of 6 months, i was involved with my annual closing work (which commenced in Feb 2011 and culminated in May 2011)enabled me not to feel his absence too much.
But then the same is not the case with his mom and sister who used to interact with him on all issues under the sun.To me too with the marriage date of my daughter nearing (it is about 10 days from now) his absence was increasingly making a dent on my other wise so called :)balanced approach to issues, as my son used to dispassionately think on issues (For his age and experience it was remarkable on his part to stay away form the issue and then to approach the same ) and then to offer his comments.
Now that he is arriving today every minute will be spent to share with him everything that happened in the past 6 months during his absence , including the nitty gritty details of the preparations towards the marriage, the losse ends that are yet to be tied up, the betrothal functionthat went on in his absence and so on and so forth.It is not that he will be demanding the finer details , but that is the way in which his mom will approach the issue and i can bet that the nights to follow , which normally extend up to 12 midnight for retiring to bed, will probably extend to the early morning dawn to the accompanying voices of the birds.
He will have his own agenda, friends to meet, marriages to attend, experiences to share , trips to be made to other outstations etc.But then there will be a slot already carved out by him, in his immaculate palnning.And before we know, his holidays will come to an end.Any way that is future..
The "present" is filled with expectations of joy, music, sound of wedding bells for his couple of friends and sister and a union after 6 months back home.
Let this present moments be memorable in every sence of the word/These moments alone are going to be the energy pills for him to sustain his pursuit overeas till we meet again.
WELCOME HOME MY SON,
MAY THE HEALTH BE AT ITS BEST
MAY EVERY EXPERIENCE AWAITING BE BETTER THAN THE BEST
Appa: As sweet as usual although a bit tooo ki nd (again as usual, hehe).
ReplyDeletePlanning-um kadayaadhu oru podalangaayum kadayaadhu. :D That's the sort of thing Asha and you specialise in, pa. :) I am organised, or try to be, only when it comes to my work because it has to pay me someday. Otherwise my life is very random.
At Singapore Changi now. Will be boarding in an hour and half :)