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I volunteer at the geriatric ward at a hospital and lady some 75 yrs old suffering from alzheimers happens to be a resident since the last couple of months... of whom I have grown very fond of ....a grandmother I dont have.....
In one of my random ramblings to her...I started talking about stuff I like and things I do and this particular TV show I am very fond of...and why this particular couple are my absolute favorite....and then she started telling me her story..
How during the war she and the guy she was in love with were commissioned together and were planning to be posted together as well. Her mom fell seriously ill and being the only relative she stayed back to care for her.....she and this guy kept touch through letters.........one every week at first and then they started to decrease...and eventually she got a letter where he broke up with her because he fell in love with another woman......
She had a very hard time at first because he was the only thing close to family that she had......they were supposed to be so much in love....she could not beleive it happened to her........
She then chose to loose herself in her work...and shut herself from everything else.........then one day she met a widower with a nine year old girl.....
And that nine year old now .... so much more older comes to visit her mother every single day ....to spend time with her.
She so fondly tells me that she is her daughter..... her blessing that God gave her no matter she never had her own..... and how blessed she is with fond memories of a man who died some years ago who gave her all the happiness in the world and whom she loved dearly........
"Sometimes life does not give you what you want and it may seem the worst possible thing......you may not agree to it .......and fight hard against it .....but sooner or later you will realize that its a blessing in disguise.......and if I was ever given a chance to change anything...there is nothing I would change...it happened exactly how it was meant to including falling in love with a man who gave me everything"
Ridhima may have felt the same when she was faced with marrying Sidhanth and when she chose to commit suicide.......having lost all hope.... fighting against what life was pushing her towards....but today from where she stands....she only sees the man who came into her life turned her whole world upside down and made it right .....a blessing in disguise.
Not everyone is lucky to be blessed twice in love...but those who are are truly blessed indeed
P.S:I asked her if it was allright to post her story and she said yes.
She is currently in early stages of Alzheimers /Mild
Some of you may not agree with me ...but out of respect to an older lady and her story ....please refrain from comments that would be derogatory...and/or uncalled for.
I do apologize for the long post.....
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