Mama said
He moved away from staring at the monitor to caress and soothe her forehead.
"Do u need water?" he asked caring
She shook her head...
The tech offered a kleenex
She was moved too, though she saw such images every day
Dr Gupta cleared her throat and said "Yes!" she said softly.
"The First ones... its always like this " she said😳😭
R&B couldnt bring himself to say anything, he squeezed II's fingers
"I am afraid to get up and walk" II whispered, sobbing
"U shudnt be" he whispered back
"I cannot believe this is happening to me"
she promised to give us a USB, u shud do a night out, that might convince you" he half smiled
she had asked Amma when she held Shravu 11 years ago... "What is it, why are so so stunned?"
"Solla mudiyada oru sandosham kanna" (I cannot describe it) "I talk for a living, I teach... yenn kozhandaigal porakkum podu enakku samathu pathale,
peran pethi kaiyla tookum podu I am getting all the memories (i was so naive and clueless when I held you two... my own, now that I hold my first grandchild)
Amma had let her tears fall on Shravu's fat pink cheeks
"Hes noisy and poopy how can u love him unconditionally" II asked as she lay on her belly on her bed as Amma changed his diaper
"Because they are a part of Akka... u will have yours then u will know"
"I only want one that doesnt poop" II said smugly
"U will want one no matter what" Amma said smugly
The Doc spoke with the technician, the tech saved the film on a pink AND blue USB
"Am I having twins" II sniffled chuckling
"As far as I can tell there is one heart beat" Dr Gupta reassured
"there are no twins on either side"
"that doesnt mean u may never have any, THIS lil one is all alone... for now" Dr Gupta spoke clearly
II handed the pink one to her husband and clutched the blue one, TIGHTLY
"I am afraid to get up and walk" she whispered
"U shouldnt be... when ever u are fearful, think of all those women that climb construction staircases
often on Gurgaon high rises... bearing 1 dozen bricks on their head" Dr Gupta spoke about women all around
"Or women that hawk on the street, carrying wares, and a child while being pregnant" Doc reiterated, for motherhood was not exaggerated, appreciated, pampered or celebrated in many cases😭
"I am fortunate" Ii nodded, unable to speak😭
"We all are" Doc said😭
II again thought of Amma... "Yenn di dino kathare" Amma would yell whenever II would yell at her for taking a bus home and not an auto home from Andrews Ganj
"U are supposed to take an auto or let me buy u a car" she would shout
"Ive taken a bus for 30 years, Ive taken one when I was pregnant with both of u" Amma would say confidently.
R&B signed various legal, contractual documents
INCLUDING papers that asked for permission to share pictures (in cases babies were so and so)
He being who he was, hating publicity of any sort, checked the NO boxes all over
She walked out in a daze with a bed head...
Her blood was drawn for testing... her arm throbbed...
His station played a song she had heard before...
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
I went walking the other day
Everything was going fine
I met a little boy named Billy Joe
And then I almost lost my mind
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
She gently placed a blue USB clutched hand on his left wrist, over his watch
He turned "Ice cream vaangi tareya?" she asked (will u buy me ice cream?)
He did a U on Jor Bagh and Lodi Colony and headed towards Khan Market
There'll be days like this my mama said
My eyes are wide open, but all that I can see is
Chapel bells are callin' for everyone but a me
But I don't worry 'cause
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this my mama said
And then she said someone will look at me
Like I'm looking at you one day, then I might find
I don't want it any old way, so I don't worry 'cause
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this my mama said
Mama said, mama said
Hey, don't you worry
Mama said, mama said
Hey, don't you worry now
Mama said, mama said
Hey, hey
"Mama wants ice cream" R&B chuckled to himself slowing down in front of Big Chill (a over priced south Delhi like
local artisan ice cream shop where some scoops usually costed Rs.300 many times😉)
Song Courtesy: The Shirelles - Mama Said Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Edited by Nisha0604 - 8 years ago
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