Happy Weekend!!!

Every monday starts with a big question -"what u did on week end ??" n the usual reply "Rocking dear".. slept.. dinner there.. shopped here..movie..sale. .. etc n life goes on getting ready for the another wk end.

I felt things will b different this wk end as ma eyes flashed wen i saw a mail saying "Old Age Visit On Sat!!" my schooling days passed ma eyes - we had visited the same old age home n i remembered those self promises saying that chethan u shud visit here frequently n do wat best u can... but gone are those promises.. i never even thought about them these many years;-(

Just opened the calender to check ma wk end plans.. had few but could easily say no to those.. A thread started in ma mind abt this event and countdown started tue->wed->thur->fri... packed ma bag wishing everyone a blasting wk end ahead!!!!

sat event was quite simple - we 20 odd ppl from our company had plans to visit an Old Age Home where "MAGRALENE" a lady was celebrating her 107 Bday(pls do belive the age) and we had planned few games for them n ofcourse snx!!

16 Km safar back home went on thinking abt how to make them feel comfortable?? wat to spk wat not to spk??...how wil they react??.. how to make them feel happy??..i reached home n told mom abt tomo event n i was surprised to hear that during her schooling she has visited the same old age home and on bed with ma eyes opened was thinking abt the old age.

I found many instance where i remembered ma parents.I remembered them when i was hungry.. wen i need pocket money.. when i need ma school fee.. wen i need to to buy bike n ofcourse to fill petrol.. wen i need money to go for a trip wit frnz.. wen i wanted to buy new cloths..when i got job..when i got ma first sal.. list went on n on but out of this list most of the time i remembered them "WHEN-I-NEED"ed them the most. what best we gave them??? push them to Old Age Home??(agree not all do the same.. but feel sad for those unlucky ones).

To my shock it was already half past nine wit ma mom screaming there is a limit to sleep ;-)told her that i have week-end fever of sleep n slept back!!!
Got a call from ashu tat afternoon asking abt the plans to reach there and what i shud not forget to bring(Ma Cam).

I picked her around 3 PM and we both reached there around 3.15PM and ma heart started beating a bit high than ever with same old unanswered questions.

As we stepped in i got a releaving sign.. wen i saw a nana sitting on a wheel chair said "Namaskara".. i felt i got ma first answer for the question wat to spk??? we entered the function hall beautifully decorated (credit goes to those 2 old aged ppl and their efforts to do it) .

We had the cake cutting ceremony follwed by snx,songs,dwinga boogi boogi dance, musical chair,couple award,amazing dance from a 95 yead old grana, we almost became a part of them in just 2 hrs.

As we spoke to those ppl abt their life we were surprise to hear them giving reasons of being here."they are working we wil get bored so we joined here"..."they are out of this town i cant adjust there so came here"..."am sick i heard that ill get best treatment here" not even a single out of hundred said that their children ditched them ;-(

We greeted all the sisters who took care of these ppl .. we said a bi bi wit a beautiful song ;) n I cud see sign of satsification in us.. i cud see joy in those old eyes..

I stepped out thinking how many old eyes would have related us with their son/daughter/grandchildren who just resides in their diminishing memories!!