Since last year , we all had quite a bit of time in hand as were put up at home. It has been a mixed bag kind of feelings and emotions for me. I would not say that am not missing going out , meeting friends , holiday with kids , dining out , shopping…endless reason we can have for it. But at the same time am also content at home…as I always tell my friends …my work place did not change … Infact I got more busy…more occupied. Also the job satisfaction which I get as a homemaker is at peak. Taking care of everyone…specially all eating fresh hot meals instead of tiffins is delightful. Harshiv will turn 18 this year…and the number of meals we all have had together as a family in the last year (if I am not exaggerating) is more than we have ever had. The discussions that the kids have with Suyash at the table is priceless…in normal routine days everybody is kind of running just to achieve his “To-Do” list for the day.
But yet I felt …when sitting alone at times my mind wanders and goes back to the times spent outside the home…maybe with friends …holiday with kids. And thinking about it I realized a very beautiful thing …”When you cannot make new memories , why not cherish old ones…?” This brought a cart full of images in front of me …as if I got to open a chest of treasure …which was again something that can’t be measured how good it was …how happy it made me …how rejuvenated I felt…don’t know …it felt as if I was actually living it. Discussing with kids that if they remember this trip and that trip and the fun times …definitely lifted up the spirits. And soon there were endless stories to discuss.
Life has taught us a number of things in the last year. We were taught at an early age “there is no point crying over spilt milk”. So instead of sitting and lamenting (which again I believe at times is natural as man is a social animal…we need to move out …meet people)….we need to make the best out of the situation in hand. As what needs to be done… needs to be done , if we are not supposed to socialize for our own good we must not…and should try to adopt any mechanism which helps…I found one yesterday …and believe me it made my day very beautiful.