I remember...

I remember...it was a beautiful September morning...

I remember...it was Bright...Sunny...

I remember...mum had made lovely breakfast...

I remember...I was wearing my lovely black short kurti and white salvar

I remember...trying for the umpteenth time to fit into one of my beautiful sandals...& then deciding on to wear one of my not so happening sandals...

I remember...my mum applied holy oil on my forehead and blessed me(like I was heading on to some battlefield)

I remember...Su insisting that we could take the lift to our way down instead of climbing down 6 floors...

I remember...Su driving me to the hospital...

I remember...I was cribbing cos we didnot get a parking place very close to the hospital

I remember...I walked and stopped and walked and stopped...

bbbbbbbbbbbbrrrrrrreatttthhhhhhhhhhhhhhlesssssssssssssssssssss

I remember...Su was making fun of the way I walked...

I remember...the nurse doing a routine check-up

I remember...the doctor announcing to Su that I wouldn't be able to go to office cos "The Day has arrived"

I remember...I was shocked...this can't happen today...I haven't worked it in my head...

and then there was this slight pang of PAIN....

I REMEMBER...SU TELLING MY FRIENDS THAT 'THE DAY' HAS ARRIVED...AND THEY SOUNDED SO EXCITED....


I REMEMBER...WAITING ALL BY MYSELF IN THE HOSPITAL...WHILE SU WENT TO FETCH MUM...

was that another pang of PAIN???

I REMEMBER...NURSES DISCUSSING VEGETABLE OVER MY HEAD...AND DOCTOR TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO WORK WITH HER...INCLUDING ME...(CAN'T, WELL RATHER SHOULDN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS...)

was that another pang of PAIN???

was that another pang of PAIN???

was that another pang of PAIN???

was that another pang of PAIN???

and then all I remember...is this tiny baby
and then all I remember is this tiny lil baby being weighed
and then all I remember is this baby cried for about 2 minutes and got distracted by tube lights
and then I remember…the baby being wrapped…
and then I remember…thinking to myself…Somebody tell me if I have a boy or a gal……………&&&&&&&&&&&&& the doctor announcing to me
“You have a baby Gggggggggguuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrllllllllllllllllllllll”