My Notepad

Today is my parents 30th Wedding Anniversary. Its a very sentimental day for me for various reasons but the most important reason is that this day 30 years ago my parents became my mum and dad. I tend to believe that this day God officially elected them as my forebears. Though critically speaking they weren't officially parents until two years later when I made my entry....

Nevertheless I like to imagine that I was present on that day in the guise of a very cute little angel with gosammer wings with Archangel Michael beside me gently patting my head as if to say, "Soon little one... soon." But lets keep that for another time and concentrate on this story for today.

As a young woman of today I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with one person day in day out. It's not the living aspects that bothers me. It's the "US" part which SCARES me. When somebody gets married they stop being "I" or "ME" and instead its "US" all the way through... They tend to be accountable for another person as well as to that person. This itself is really big!!

So with these thoughts racing through my mind at the mention of the word "marriage" I just wonder what my parents were thinking when they actually tied the knot. I wonder what thoughts raced though their minds when they were solemnly standing listening to the religious chants. In the photos they looked little older than kids. Mum looked really gorgeous and Dad very somber and maybe relieved...

In all types of marriages there are vows that you have to take. To honour, to cherish.... in sickness and in health.... etc etc. We have the same sort of vows in Hinduism. Now every second that I spent with my family I have seen these vows in action. Through thick and thin and through the hard times... they were together as a team. I cannot recall a single day when they were out of touch. There are so many other things which I can mention but I won't... Lets suffice it to say that the love that brought these two souls together 30 years ago has matured like a wine into something more potent and resembling an elixir.

So heres to my parents for being my parents!!! And heres to a love so strong that it has survived 30 years of hurdles and can go for another 30 years!!

And a very big THANK YOU to GOD for giving me such parents. Please accept my eternal gratitude.

My only wish is to find this sort of love in my life... A sort of love which will last me a lifetime... I don't think I'll be satisfied with anything less :)

So here to you Mum and Dad.... Wishing you a Wonderful Happy 30th Anniversary!!!