Gift By Mom

A mirror with a wooden frame surrounded by cream lined tiles  has a face of a man who is lost somewhere.  There is a feeling of hatred in those light brown eyes. He opens the tap to wash the dirt of his sins from his face but the flow of water  shows him the face of a women, he loved a lot. He washes his face and goes to his room. He was lying on his bed when after some time he shouted mom! Coffee !
Minutes passed but coffee didn’t arrived. He shouted again, What the hell mom ! You don’t have time to make me some coffee. "Well! Ok fine then I’ll make it by myself", while quoting those words he goes in kitchen to find nothing but silence. Then he realized his mom is no more with him to shower her love.

Next morning,
He receives a call from his cousin.
Cousin: Brother, How are you holding up ?
Him: I’m doing good. How about you ? Why did you called me ?
Cousin: All good, I called you to wish you Happy birthday brother. I’ve a gift for you left by your mother. It’s in your mother’s cupboard.

*Phone cuts*

He opens the cupboard to find a small wooden box. He opens it. There is a letter by his mom.

the letter read,

Dear Ritvik,
If you are reading this letter then probably I have left you to live with my husband in the heaven. I hope I deserve the place in heaven? Well, even if i don’t i will fight my way to it  because I can’t live without your father and you know he’ll be there for sure. I hope you are doing well son, though I am not there to hold you in my arms. Wish I could’ve stayed more with you but I was tired and couldn’t face the heat anymore. Though you brought the AC but never allowed me to come in your room.
What is it that you hide in your room and always shouts when I enters  in your absence? But always ask me to give you the coffee in bed.  You might had been overloaded with your work that’s the reason you never went to the market for my stuff. I can understand you have achieved so much it had been hard for you to take some time  out of your valuable schedule to pick my call. But son, I only worry If you’ve had your food or not. It hurts me receiving the text – “I am busy, will talk to you later”. You were busy to pick a call but had time to post a picture on Facebook?  Since your childhood to my last breath I’ve only wished for your success and happiness. I know I was annoying in my old age and its tough for you to handle me but at least you could have tried. But you didn’t and it hurt. You know the hard part is the memories of your childhood that flashes when you ignores me. It shatters me. I loved you when you was annoying. You failed when you were learning new things but I never took a step back until you got perfect in that but  you get annoyed when I fails to under your new technologies in the first attempt.

I know there had been many times when you regret throwing those harsh words on me. I know you never hurt me intentionally, but you do! that's why I penned down my feelings to you so that when you will go in your old age you'll be prepared like I was not. My beautiful baby I'm not complaining, I just don't want to go with all the pain in my heart. 

My beautiful son
I know you love me a lot but somewhere you care for your social world more. I don’t mind you giving preference to your social world but I would have loved If you carried me alongside. Now don't grind your teeth and please wipe off those tears because I can't see you in pain.  Son, Remember one thing,always value the things when you have them because you won’t even realize and they’ll be gone in a flash. you know you have my blessings with you. Now, Go and live your life happily without any regrets because regrets can destroy you.Promise me you’ll marry soon and have a son. Teach him the things i failed to teach you.
I love you a lot my beautiful son.

Yours Mom  :* (I hope I made the right smiley son )

He cried his heart out holding the paper tightly to his heart.

- dupenbabbar(flamingpen)