A perfect day...with just needed sunshine and a cool breeze. Birds chirping merrily, leaves swaying in the breeze. A winter morning couldnt be more beautiful. After all, it was the day when wedding bells would ring.
Amidst all the guests and hoompah, while I begun decking up for Him, my hands reached out to the bangle box. How would you feel when suddenly on your wedding day, you find your trausseau has been tampered with? Of course, I freaked out. My bangles which I had selected after complete 11 hours of detailed introspection, had been replaced. Being the person I am, I generally do not appreciate any unplanned changes at the eleventh hour. However, I was pleasantly surprised after thinking over the reason behind the change.
'DI'! Of course it had to be her. It was only she who knew I wanted these. And it was only she who would bring them for me. The next thing I felt was her hands wiping my teary eyes. It was a dream come true. Di was standing in complete flesh and form in front of me! Perplexed by the emotions, all I could do was stupidly ask her if it was for real. If I was really seeing her after 4 long years. We hugged and remembered the same scene 4 years ago. Only, it was she who was departing from the city to join a MNC in Delhi. We never expected then that it would take 4 long years and my marriage for us to meet. All plans to meet in these 4 years never reached completion. We had our share of joys and sorrows, of smiles and fights, until one day she was so upset with me that she stopped talking to me. I tried my best to talk it out with her. Going by the records, i had even told her that I will not wear the red and white chuda,considering that wearing one at my wedding was one of my many wishes, unless she gets it for me. And she remembered it. That's how sisters are. We looked at the chuda and shared a laugh. All was hunky dory now. I was getting married to the world's best Man, who would play ' Rock paper scizzors' just to see me smile, who would turn the world upside down to make me cheerful, who had become synonymous with my smile and the gleam of my eyes. And my Di was by my side when I was taking vows to break into a relationship with the Man I had begun to love.
It's a similar day today, a perfect winter morning. And wedding bells are ringing. My daughter's getting married today to the man she has found love in. Even 29 years could not fade the happiness I feel and felt on my wedding day.
Amidst all the guests and hoompah, while I begun decking up for Him, my hands reached out to the bangle box. How would you feel when suddenly on your wedding day, you find your trausseau has been tampered with? Of course, I freaked out. My bangles which I had selected after complete 11 hours of detailed introspection, had been replaced. Being the person I am, I generally do not appreciate any unplanned changes at the eleventh hour. However, I was pleasantly surprised after thinking over the reason behind the change.
'DI'! Of course it had to be her. It was only she who knew I wanted these. And it was only she who would bring them for me. The next thing I felt was her hands wiping my teary eyes. It was a dream come true. Di was standing in complete flesh and form in front of me! Perplexed by the emotions, all I could do was stupidly ask her if it was for real. If I was really seeing her after 4 long years. We hugged and remembered the same scene 4 years ago. Only, it was she who was departing from the city to join a MNC in Delhi. We never expected then that it would take 4 long years and my marriage for us to meet. All plans to meet in these 4 years never reached completion. We had our share of joys and sorrows, of smiles and fights, until one day she was so upset with me that she stopped talking to me. I tried my best to talk it out with her. Going by the records, i had even told her that I will not wear the red and white chuda,considering that wearing one at my wedding was one of my many wishes, unless she gets it for me. And she remembered it. That's how sisters are. We looked at the chuda and shared a laugh. All was hunky dory now. I was getting married to the world's best Man, who would play ' Rock paper scizzors' just to see me smile, who would turn the world upside down to make me cheerful, who had become synonymous with my smile and the gleam of my eyes. And my Di was by my side when I was taking vows to break into a relationship with the Man I had begun to love.
It's a similar day today, a perfect winter morning. And wedding bells are ringing. My daughter's getting married today to the man she has found love in. Even 29 years could not fade the happiness I feel and felt on my wedding day.
