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Discovering the spirit of life

Discovering the spirit of life


"Maasi ...Please now come and sit with us.. you end up in the kitchen everytime I drop off here" ...I pull her out of the kitchen with a tray full of pakodas in her hand. She loves to stuff all the kids of the family with her preparations.
She loves to cook. Always up for a shopping spree or an outing with her kids, Maasi is the one who lives each day to its fullest. From experimenting with the new fashion trends to trying new Snapchat filters, Maasi loves it all! We often find her strolling to her favourite chaat stall down the road with her friends, treating herself with gol gappas!
She searches and even finds the joy and bliss of life in these everyday regimes. Over the years, she has found solace in her family and work.
It's been over fifteen years since she lost her better half to a car accident. Surely, it'd feel like loosing a part of oneself. Surely, to accept this turn of life wouldn't have been easy. Surely, she'd often mask her grief with a flawless facade to comfort her children. After all, she had to be there for her children.
Keeping herself together with faith and hope, Maasi values every moment spent with her family. She has healed with friendship and wisdom. She chooses to treasure the bounties of life over grieving the irrevocable loss. She has always had a conviction in the purpose of life. And in losing him, she has found hers.
Her life hasn't been a bed of roses, but she's the spirit of the family, an epitome of love and affection, spreading joy everywhere!
Today, Sanya is pursuing her dream course and Karan bhaiyya is well placed. Maasi has raised them this way. She has fulfilled her duties of a doting mother, a sister, a daughter without fail! Ofcourse she has been lucky to have a family that has always been by her side, helping her strive ahead in her career too; but her accomplishment as a selfless and a successful woman attributes to her own resolution of moving ahead and living purposefully. She never complains, rather is always thankful for whatever little or too much she has been blessed with!
And as she takes out her new sarees out of the shopping bag, her eyes twinkle with joy ...Like any mother, dreaming and waiting for her son to get married ...
                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Gayatri Thakral





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