There are some relations were are born into and then there are those we find on our way, around everyday life..
I chanced upon one such amazing bond, a couple of years back..
I was just learning to drive back then & enjoyed taking my car out whenever I had a chance.. I had to meet an old friend , who stayed a few kilometres away from my home. He asked me if I could come over to his place as he had to be home when his 'kid' sister returned from her classes...So I drove that night to his place.
We had been friends for over a decade, but I had never met or heard about his younger sister before. I thought it was endearing to have such care for one's siblings..
I reached his place and rung the bell, as the door opened His 'little' sister walked out..Just that she wasn't as 'little' as I had thought.. She taught Science to students and just got home from her regular lectures.. She looked nothing like a typical teacher. She had her hair all tied up and was wearing a simple Kurti and jeans..She smiled at me and spoke for a bit..
I don't know what struck, but I had an instant liking towards her. The friend I drove down to meet that day, is now my husband and he told me later, that night when I had come to meet him, his 'little' sister had teased him about me and said, 'Sweet girl'...
Sometimes I think, maybe that one word from her, was one of the things that got Deven to think about me... maybe that got us closer ..She was by my side all through, as I entered a big joint family which spoke a language I had never heard before... She was my translation and dictionary...
In her I found a friend, a confidant and above all a sister. We have spent some great moments giggling , letting our hair down and just 'being ourselves' in each other's company.
Now that little sister has grown up to find her better half..I saw her gracefully greet her future in-laws as she looked beautiful in a traditional sari..I saw her off, to his car as she left with him. I opened the car door for her so that her pretty sari doesnt get stuck anywhere..and as I closed the door and watched her go.. in a very filmy style, my mind ran a flashback from that first day I saw her..And I felt lucky to have met and known her..This is one of those few 'not-blood' bonds that will stay with me and only grow stronger with time..Here's wishing my little sister all the happiness that she has been spreading across, and more.. (muah)..
We had been friends for over a decade, but I had never met or heard about his younger sister before. I thought it was endearing to have such care for one's siblings..
I reached his place and rung the bell, as the door opened His 'little' sister walked out..Just that she wasn't as 'little' as I had thought.. She taught Science to students and just got home from her regular lectures.. She looked nothing like a typical teacher. She had her hair all tied up and was wearing a simple Kurti and jeans..She smiled at me and spoke for a bit..
I don't know what struck, but I had an instant liking towards her. The friend I drove down to meet that day, is now my husband and he told me later, that night when I had come to meet him, his 'little' sister had teased him about me and said, 'Sweet girl'...
Sometimes I think, maybe that one word from her, was one of the things that got Deven to think about me... maybe that got us closer ..She was by my side all through, as I entered a big joint family which spoke a language I had never heard before... She was my translation and dictionary...
In her I found a friend, a confidant and above all a sister. We have spent some great moments giggling , letting our hair down and just 'being ourselves' in each other's company.
Now that little sister has grown up to find her better half..I saw her gracefully greet her future in-laws as she looked beautiful in a traditional sari..I saw her off, to his car as she left with him. I opened the car door for her so that her pretty sari doesnt get stuck anywhere..and as I closed the door and watched her go.. in a very filmy style, my mind ran a flashback from that first day I saw her..And I felt lucky to have met and known her..This is one of those few 'not-blood' bonds that will stay with me and only grow stronger with time..Here's wishing my little sister all the happiness that she has been spreading across, and more.. (muah)..
