I was having a very lacklustre birthday this year. Something was missing throughout the day. Then Amma came, bearing a box of home-made, delicious gajar ka halwa. Her gift to me.
Memories of long ago flooded me, of long gone birthdays, hogging on gajar ka halwa, long talks with friends, a lightness, fun, happiness. Suddenly, my birthday began to feel complete. Amma’s little gift was what I had been missing. Or was it the remembrance of older, simpler times?
How did Amma know what I wanted? What I needed?
Will I know what my daughter needs and wants too, when it is time? I hope and pray I do.
The Girl Next Door 
This is so beautiful. Moms do know us well. Sometimes, more than we know ourselves.
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@Deboshree
Definitely!
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Ofcourse, once you are a mother, you just know what, when, how and why 🙂 It just happens. Also, can I be shallow and say that I am craving for some gajar halwa now? 😦
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@Kismitoffeebar
How? Just how does that happen? Maa ka doodh? Carrying the baby in the womb for 9 months? It was sort of amazing to see it in reality. This incident has stuck with me, though it has been quite a few months since it happened.
Of course, you can say you are craving the gajar ka halwa. Amma makes a mean one. I am craving for some myself. 😦
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Belated birthday wishes, Tgnd 🙂
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@Shail
Thank you! The birthday was a long time ago, though. 🙂
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I bet Gajar ka halwa is the love of Mom and makes the birthday an affair to remember. Belated Birthday:)
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@Vishalbheeroo
Thank you! My birthday was a long, long time ago. Was just reminiscing. 🙂
There was mother’s love in that gajar ka halwa, that is for sure. I thought such things existed only in movies – but now I have seen it in real life. 🙂
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Reel imitate real friends:)
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@Vishalbheeroo
🙂
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