DEAR ALL,
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY...

HERE WITH, I WANT TO SHARE MY STORY THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE, ABT 4 YRS BACK.
MY FLY, PLANNED TO CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY,SO WE PLANNED FOR A LOCAL TRIP,V DIDN'T INFO THIS IS TO OUR MOM,BECOZ V WANTED TO GIVE HER A SURPRISE.
OUR FAMILY CONSISTED OF, 3 ELDER SISTERS, MYSELF(WASN'T MARRIED THEN) & MY BROTHER.TOTAL 16 MEMBERS INCLUDING MY SISTER'S FAMILY. V ALL HAD PLANNED TO GO TO MAHABALIPURAM. A DAY BEFORE THE MOTHER'S DAY V ALL REACHED OUR PARENTS HOUSE TO GIVE SURPRISE FOR HER,V INFO ALREADY ABT THIS TO MY FATHER. AS MY SISTERS WERE LIVING IN DIFFERENT CITIES, V ALL BOUGHT DIFFERENT GIFT ITEMS FOR HER. WE TOLD HER THAT V ALL CAME HERE TO CELEB MOTHER'S DAY IN GRAND MANNER. SHE WAS VERY HAPPY. SO V ALL HAD STARTED GETTING READY FOR NEXT DAY TRIP, WHICH INCLUDED PREPARING FOOD FOR ALL. MY MOM GAVE IDEA ABT FOOD,AS IT IS NOT SAFE TO HAVE FOOD IN RESTAURENT IN THIS SUMMER,ALSO WITH VERY SMALL KIDS. SHE ASKED US TO TAKE REST,AS WE HAD COME FROM VERY LONG DISTANCE. SO V ALL WERE DISCUSSING ABT OUR GOLDEN MEMORIES.TILL 11PM V R CHATTING & FORGOT ABT OUR MOM, AS SHE WAS BUSY PREPARING FOOD FOR US, FOR THE NEXT DAY TRIP.
MENU WAS, TAMARIND RICE,CURD RICE,PAPAD,IDLY , WHILE SHE WAS BUSY IN PREPARING THE FOOD ITEMS & PACKING, V ALL WENT TO SLEEP BECOZ V ALL HAD TO GET UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
FULL NIGHT SHE DIDN'T SLEEP WAS BUSY DOING SOME SNACKS,STACKING AUDIO SONGS CASSETTES,HOTWATER FOR KIDS,COOLING WATER FOR ELDERS,SICK BAG FOR KIDS, SOME PLASTIC COVERS AND MANY MORE CHORES. SHE SLEPT AT 3AM INTHE MORNING & WOKE UP AT 5AM.
WITH ENTHU, WE WERE ALL GETTING READY FOR THE TRIP , WHEN VAN ARRIVED,THE DRIVER SAID ONLY 15 MEMBERS CAN GO BUT IN OUR FAMILY WE HAD 16 MEMBERS,V THOUGHT V CAN ADJUST WITH KIDS. V ALL GOT IN TO THE VAN,AS USUAL KIDS OCCUPIED THE CORNER SEATS,THEY WERE NEITHER TOO SMALL OR BIG ENOUGH, TO GET A SEAT OF THEIR OWN. V ASKED THE KIDS TO SIT ON OUR LAP BUT NONE READY TO SIT,BECOZ THEY FELT,IF THEY SIT ON LAP THEY'LL BECOME VERY SMALL KIDS

. SO THEY REFUSED & STARTED CRYING,DRIVER TOLD POLICE MIGHT CATCH US IF THEY SIT ON LAPS,BECOZ OF ACCIDENTS ON THAT ROUTE.
SO FINALLY, OUR MOM DECIDED THAT SHE IS NOT GOING,V ALL WANTED HER TO COME AS V WERE CELEB' MOTHER'SDAY. UNFORTUNATELY BECOZ OF SPACE CONSTRAINT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SIT ANYWHERE. SHE SAID NO ONE NEED TO SACRIFICE,AS WE WERE MEETING AFTER 1YEAR,SO U PEOPLE GO & ENJOY, WHILE SHE STAYS AT HOME. WE WERE LEFT WITH NO OTHER OPTIONS, AS MOM SAID V NEED DAD AS HE KNOWS THE PLACE VERY WELL, SO SHE DIDN'T WANT HER HUBBY TO LEFT ALONE IN THE HOUSE. SO FINALLY V LEFT OUR MOM IN THE HOUSE & LEFT THE PLACE TO ENJOY MOTHER'S DAY!
V WENT AHEAD WITH THE TRIP ALBEIT WITH A HEAVY HEART.

THEN SHE WAVED TO US & HAPPILY WENT INSIDE THE HOME,IN THE EVENING SHE PREPARED SUMPTUOUS DINNER FOR US.
V ALL FELT VERY SAD FOR THIS,TILL NOW ITZ A GREAT BURDEN FOR US.TILL NOW V R FEELING GUILTY FOR OUR MISTAKE. POOR MOM, ALWAYS MOMS DO THE SACRIFICES,KIND HEARTED,WELL WISHER,CARETAKER,ALL IN ALL FOR US.
HOPE V'LL CELEB MANY MORE MOTHER'S DAY WITH MOM,BUT NOT LIKE THE ABOVE
HOPE I DIDN'T BORE U ALL....