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Today,
after 10 days of medical treatment, for the first time, I went out alone to
meet a motherly
lady who I had met during my stay in a program. She had been unwell recently
and I lived
alone. Her sons live in foreign countries.
After
I called her and told about my plan to visit her, she started becoming excited
and happily planning
food at once. Nowadays, she has a lady cook coming by to help her but she does
part of the
work herself with her bandaged leg.
I
reached her home alone after being guided a couple of times by her before. I
carried little things
(snacks, books etc.) for her. She had been waiting for some time when I
arrived. We talked about
different things from health to her life and mine, from past to future, from
food to travel etc. During the discussion, her care for me became clear when
she made warm suggestions or supported me.
During
the last few months, she had struggled with health and housework. She had got
over those
difficulties and here she was telling me how all of us must face some problems.
She had seen a
few people facing worse problems in the hospital and mentioned about their
cases and was grateful
for her present condition which was manageable.
She
wanted to gift me something—she kept thinking of a dress, watch, footwear etc.
whatever was
new and great in her home. I kept refusing but finally took the footwear out of
politeness.
She
loved the snacks I had brought and wanted to eat them with her tea. I was quite happy to see the child like interest.
While
I was spending time with my motherly friend, the following thought kept coming
back to
me-probably
this is why I have lived through the 10 days in this city. The time I spent
with her seemed
so much needed. I felt the deep peace it could bring to me and that brought
such a big joy!
