I AM YOU: A Letter to Everyone!

Dear,

I know this should have been done months back when I realized how immensely you have influenced my life and still continue to do so. 

I am a little late in doing this, but it's better late that never.

I remember being born as a scared individual, when only my mother's touch provided me with the extremely needed sense of security. I used to cry my hearts out if I found myself alone, lying in the closed comfort of the beautiful cradle. It was mostly due to the fear of being lonely and sometimes due to the frequent hunger pangs. Ma used to pick me up, love me, and feed me. How blissful were those moments! 

My single shriek used to create a cluster of unknown faces gathering me and trying to pacify me. It was difficult for me to understand and react to the various sounds you were making, but it did feel good. I had my people helping me to cope up with the pressure of deriving my own existence, separated from my mother's womb. 

Then I fell sick, it became difficult for me to open my eyes. Just a few days in your atmosphere and I felt the lag in my body. I wanted to wake up, see you, and feel your love, but this human body didn't allow it to happen. I was listening the faint calls of my mother who was trying to wake me up and feed me. I cried and cried; it wasn't because of you, it was because of the feeling of not being able to react to all those love and care I was being exposed to. 

You carried me to a place where lots of mes were clipped with long tubes. I had a few tubes clipped to me too. The people dressed in white took me away from my mother. I remember my father coming to see me, and breaking into tears when he saw me in a small cradle with food being given to me through the tubes around. I was unable to react as I was very new to this emotion of his. But, still I felt a little pain in my small heart. 

Every now and then I was pricked by needles. They were so painful, but made me feel at ease with my body. I missed my mother a lot. 

It took my body sometime to start making me feel good and I realized that this was actually getting closer to my Ma! So,I pushed a little from my side too and finally made it up to my beautiful mother. 

I saw a lot of yous around me. You all were there with my ma and papa, and there was a beautiful and powerful aura around you, supporting my entire existence. 

I knew that I was not healed by the doctors, I was healed by all of you.

Ma, you are the one who made me and got me here in the most wonderful place and among the best people. I love you so much and promise you to grow stronger every day.

Papa, you don't need to say how much you love me because your feelings  precipitates into me. You are my strength and support.

And everyone, I am more than grateful to be born around you. I love you all and feel your blessings every time I think about you.

Thanks again for making me a part of your life!

Yours,

AA

~
Berro 

I AM YOU: The Housewife

Yes, I am the housewife; the just married, the middle age, the elderly; I am all of them!

In my tenure as a home maker, I have been taking care of all of you (never complaining, never expecting). 

I don't remember doing anything for myself. 

When I started, I had a few dreams that I savored, but the frequent shifts in the situations and responsibilities battered all of them to dust! 

It is not that I feel bad of not having a dream of my own, all the dreams of family are my own. I love to support them during their perseverance, appreciate them for their victory, and strengthen them on their fall. 

You my son

I still remember how you used to admire every bit of the spice and salt that I used to cook your favorite meal. It kept me running through the days and it still does! You made me feel so good about myself.

I tried to pacify all those disagreements between your dad and you (sometimes I had no other way but keep quiet and heal your cries later as I never wanted my son to feel a loser even in front of his father).

I even tried to father you when your dad was away on some monetary expedition.

I accepted your choice of the bride because I trusted your happiness. If there is someone that matters to my son, my son should have her presence in his life.

The happiest day for me was the one when I saw your child. It seemed as if you were born again. The moment I took your baby in my arms, I felt all the blessings in this world caressing my existence. Aah, what a feeling that was! And, when I saw your baby in your arms, it felt as if my twin babies are busy caressing and loving each other. 

I saw you taking care of us during our weak times. How proud I felt to raise a young man as dependable as you!  

My beautiful daughter

Your first touch was so overwhelming and blissful! 

I rediscovered myself in you. Thought, you will be my arms, which will help me to achieve all what I never did. It was difficult to face you first (it is very difficult for every human to face himself/herself), but once I had in you in my arms, I was filled with all the compassion and love in this universe. I realized that the best thing in this world is to fall in love with yourself (you were the little me). 

All your achievements made me so proud of myself. They were equally mine as they were yours.

You tying the knot with your life partner was a little painful and mostly sacred. I felt that somewhere I am going to lose you (although, you made it sure that it never happened)!

Then came the big moment, my little girl was a mother. How fulfilling was that feeling! Watching you feed and take care of the newest addition to our family, I sometimes even jumped in pleasure.

With your growing and beautiful family, you made it sure that you never negate the little part of your busy schedule that belongs to us. 

I don't think I ever acknowledged this, but you are the one in whom I still see myself!

My handsome husband

When was the day you didn't take care of me? 

You were always there in my good or bad times, supporting me, loving me, and making me stand tall against all the odds! I would have never made this family as strong as it is now without you. 

It is difficult to remember and thank you for all that you did for me because all these years, months, days, and every single minute in a day you influenced my life in some or the other way. 

I feel if this is what love is all about, love is as pious as the poets describe!

My Dad

You will be the best man of my life, throughout my life, Dad!

Every single thing that I did was done with the feeling that it will make my father proud of me. Every pain that I never shrieked for was endured with a smile because I knew that my Dad is there for me.

It is not only a saying for me anymore; my Dad is my hero! 

He helped me, healed me, loved me, took care of me; if not you, who else can be my hero!

My Mom, My Inspiration

Mom, do you remember the first time I called you "Ma"? 

I know, you must! This is how important I am for you, you remember even the first word that I spoke, but Ma, don't you think that you have been and will always be the most important person in my life as you were the first whom I called for.

You are one who inspires me and makes me feel that I should never fail one person's expectation and that's yours. 

You were there for me always. 

The first day at school when the world seemed to snatch me away from my mother, you convinced me that you were there waiting for me outside the school. 

You helped me in all the little ways you can so that I never let myself down. 

You readily accepted my decisions and sometimes even helped me by convincing Dad on my behalf.

How happy were you to discover that your daughter is all grown up to fall in love!

You were the biggest support for me to raise my kids and create the family that loves and takes care of itself. 

I learnt all from you.

I am you if not anyone else, Ma!

PS

How hard is it to realize a housewife's contribution in our lives? 

The little someone in everyone's life, the one who is just happy to be thankful for all the experiences that people in her life helped her to have!

Take out a little time and help her realize her importance in your life too!

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Thanks for your visit.

Your read means a lot to me!

~
Berro 

I am You: Introduction

I will keep it really short here so that I can elaborate in my individual posts.

This blog is meant to be a mirror, a mirror as I think it to be! I can be wrong in how I perceive you, but this is how I do. So, don't be judgmental about my writing; read it and allow yourself to think if you feel it's worth expending a thought.

Thanks for your kind visit!