She Is Still There In My Dreams

[ritu 1]

Everyone remembers the joys of childhood , the stage when you don't have to worry about your future because a long time would be left to decide upon it. There is another reason why childhood is the best stage, for the people who come across with tender love. One such person was our neighbour , an elderly lady who treated my father as her younger brother , so I referred to her as Aarti aunty. She was very caring by nature, my mother still misses the affection she showed. I , being the first child of my parents, enjoyed the status of being well attended, and aunty would pamper me the most.As my parents were strict with me as well, whenever they were in a mood to punish me, aunty would come to my rescue. She was what my grandmother would be like, taking the charge of evolving an undying relationship. She was good at her work, managing the house and socialising.It was just one thing that turned out to be a mess, her children. They were equally caring about me but not towards their mother , what could be the reason? Probably, she was too soft spoken to administer them and they didn't realise her worth. After suffering for a major portion of her life, she breathed her last in a pitiable condition, her son was so much under debt that he couldn't even bear the cost of his mother's treatment. There was a void in our lives after she passed away, but we could feel her presence. All of us in the family, my parent, me and my sister who had spent a few years with her, would dream about her. She often visited my dreams expressing concern for her son and daughter, also did she tell how much she wanted to be with us, I could feel her touch even my dreams. She continued this way and was part of every event that would take place in our family. While she was alive, she herself would have a lot of dreams, mostly spiritual, and had some kind of unique connection with ......I don't know what to term it as. The dreams were so life-like that they would shake me with fright and wonder, but having lost so many people in my life, I now feel linked to those dreams myself.

[sheepdog 10]

So good for you that you realized and appreciated this wonderful womans worth. And what a shame that her own children did not. I suppose it's their loss, and your gain. I suppose many of us don't realize what we have until it is gone, and then of course, it's too late. Her children sadly, someday will probably realize what they had, and they will have to carry the guilt with them for the rest of their lives for having not appreciated her when they could. It was good of you and your family to include her in your own family. I'm sure she deeply appreciated it, considering she didn't get any recognition or love from her own family. At least you were there for her.