Surekha Kulkarni

Is time the best healer ?

Every time you face grief or loss of someone close to you , the consolation you receive is , with time passing all will be well. You will overcome the loss , be resilient now . This phase will pass .

Today is my mother’s birthday. She would have been 74 today.

This was clicked one month before she passed away šŸ˜”.

Her birthdays were a bigger occasion for the family as she had a child-like enthusiasm and love for all the celebrations, whether festivals, weddings or birthdays.

My Aai was a foodie and loved cooking and relished all the junk food like Pav Bhaji, Samosa, Jalebi,Kachi Dabeli,Hara Bhara Kabab ( Few of her very favourite šŸ˜…šŸ˜…)

None of our family celebrations have been the same since her demise .

It’s been more than 5 years since she travelled to the heavenly abode so far away that none of my entreaties or my cries reach her .

My Aai who would leave all her work and come at my one call , struggling to reach by public transport or rickshaw, today is silent when I cry out and want her .

No time is no healer and as days pass the vacuum, the chasm created in my life due to the absence of my Aai has become wider and deeper.

The pain, the grief, the emptiness I feel in my life is as achingly new as it was on her day of demise .

That day , more than 5 years ago and today , have I healed ?

Happy Birthday Aai. My only solace is you are celebrating your birthday with your husband and I am sure he is indulging you . Love you Aai. Miss you šŸ’—

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