Youthful 29 turning into Matured 30
11.11.1984
A date that would ever be remembered .
The date on which we stepped in to our own house.
The day on which we converted the house into a home with love and affection.
11.11.2013
29 year had passed since then and this home had stood testimony to so many beautiful things since then,.
The home brought s peace and comfort to my parents including my step mother.
It guaranteed them a place where they could live comfortably and breathe their last with peace and content .
It saw the entry of two loving siblings into our fold, a son and a daughter , both of whom crowned in their respective fields from this home in their chosen academic pursuits.
It witnessed intense rains lasting for 36 hrs on its very first day, paving way for all those who attended the function to stay a little longer than they intended to stay.
The fact that the food which was prepared and kept ready at 8 am was sufficient to take care of the requirements for the next two days (as the entire atmosphere turned to be an air conditioner of sorts) was in itself an indication that there will be plenty in this home to take care in an emergency. Yes it is the mind set which decides the ‘plenty” and the ‘shortage” and this home trained us to see plenty in everything around us .
Perhaps it conveyed a meaning that this home and its occupants are going to bring harmony and content amongst those who visited this home and those who visit/stay will return satisfied/rewarded. Even the tenants in the past three decades who occupied this home had all moved with content after acquiring a home of their own which speaks volumes of the positive energy that this home retains and emits. The fact that we continue to live in the place where our elders lived and departed and that we are breathing the air which was also breathed by them in earlier times is sufficient enough to bring nostalgic memories.
The home witnessed the first marriage function even when it was in foundation stage, the SADHABHISHEKAM celebrations of my beloved father in the adjoining home of my sister. Then it stood witness to the preparations for my own marriage with my heart throb, (elder daughter to my eldest sister), the preparations for my brother in law’s marriage, the nuptial arrangements for my brother in law’s marriage, the functions to celebrate the anniversaries of my siblings and the marriage/nuptial arrangements of my younger daughter and my niece. It also witnessed my promotion to various cadres, my trip overseas and my return, the short sojourns for study by my son and daughter and the overseas trip of my son and is awaiting his return in flying colours.
There were moments of disturbance too. It should be …as the bliss and the opposite are two sides of same coin. Is it not? Departed elders, misunderstanding and resultant arguments relating to fights and mental aberrations were all there. But all these were because of love and affection to one another enabled these shortcomings to be crossed with ease and quietness.
The Mango trees and the Cocunut trees planted and nurtured with care and affection by my father earlier and by wife later had responded by giving loads of the Mango fruits (Bangaloora, Senthoora, Neelam , Rumani to mention a few of the varieties)and sacks of Cocunuts, which are always distributed to neighbours and visitors and these carry the blessings of my father. And this thought is sufficient to propel us to distribute more and more keeping little for ourselves.
The ground floor is almost as aged as my son is while the first floor is as much age as my daughter. Like a boy/girl growing into adolescence this home also decorated itself over the period of time. It got a face lift first in early 2001-02 when the entire building was white washed and painted and a new room added to serve as a service verandah .The fact that it is never put out to this use and is used as another room to store the growing necessities of life is altogether a different matter.The earlier fashion of orthodox Mosaic flooring was replaced by new fashionable flooring, with each room taking a different colour of flooring to cater to the tastes of all incumbents. Black, Red and Rose cum white are the tiles combinations in which the rooms got dressed giving an attractive look true to its teenage then.
After a decade, the long awaited face lift to the kitchen was done with Wooden like tiles forming the flooring and Semi modular kitchen format being put in place. This was preceded by a new structure in upstairs which enabled the creation of an office space for self which could also be converted to an independent living space for an individual if circumstances warrant, having been provided with a kitchen slab with sink/tap and a bathroom cum toilet fitted with amenities like geezer etc .The home can now afford privacy, togetherness and living at a hand shake distance in an office, if situations demand so in future. Hence the description to the growth into maturity.
The home will serve its purpose with a much expected event, the marriage of my son. The probable time !! That is a suspense to be resolved by my son only! This will give great fillip to this grand home and with it will come all the essence of spring for another term to last. May the SPRING make our lives to shine!
Till then prayers for all the good things to happen in this Warm friendly home of ours, thanks to almighty and all those who blessed us in the past and continuing their blessings in the present to continue in the future !
My dear Home, I love you and our warmth and affection will ever be growing with you with every passing day!!!
With CHEERS ALL THE WAY we extend a hearty welcome to 11/11/2013!!!
I should add that this welcome home blog is really a blessed one by the home as it saw my beloved grand son visiting with his mom and dad already twice since 11/11/2013.
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