Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
16 February 2010
Sandeep's 39th Birthday
Yesterday, 14 February - Valentine's Day - would have been my martyred son, Sandeep Singh's 39th birthday. Times does fly. Had things gone differently, I would no doubt be a grandmother with Sikhling rugrats all about me. Had he gotten married young, he could even have had grown children by now! Suddenly my age is catching up with me.
I felt myself getting a bit sad yesterday thinking about what might have been, when I almost heard his slightly exasperated, "Moooother, it's all the Hukam of Vaheguru!" Then as he often did when I was even slightly out of sorts, he'd start looking around the house.
Under the chair. "No, it's not here."
Behind the sofa. "No, it's not here."
On top of the bookshelf. "No, it's not here."
And on and on until we both collapsed in laughter. Then he would point to me. "Found it! There's your chardi kala!"
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That's really sweet. Oh my 39, Where have the years gone? One fact about the deceased is they remain saints for they did not linger to get involved in grips of Maya...
ReplyDeleteCardi kalaa!!!!!
What can a mother say about a child who potty trained himself?
ReplyDeleteHe is now with Guru ji, in total anand incomprehensible to us.