Just before he was born he was scared of coming into this world. He could not see but only hear what’s happening around him. He was floating in water of some kind so he used all his feeling and called out to God.
“Where am I God?”
“You are in the womb of your mother my child”
“Why did you leave me alone like this! Who will take care of me now!?”
“Don’t worry my child, your mother is a form of me only! She will protect you and love you forever! And once I feel that you can manage then I will call her back to me!”
“You will ask me before you take her right?”
“Yes my child, and God thought hopefully he will stop needing her when he grows old”
The child never stopped needing his mother. Whether it was the growing days or the lonely days of school or those days in college when he would be alone and home sick. Even when he got married his love and devotion to his mother only increased! When his mother had the first attack his affection only increased.
Then after a very fulfilling life one fine day God took away his mother!
That night after crying himself to sleep he had a talk with God in his dream…
“How could you do that to me God?, you had promised that you will ask me when I don’t need her and only then you will take her! You cheated me!”
“Yes my child, I could not wait for your permission to take her, I realised that you will always need her and you can never let her go!”
“I know but at least you could have kept her with me for some more years! She was hardly 70 when you took her! That is a very short life if you ask me!”
“Short you say!? Don’t you remember your own thoughts which you used to put in the mornings or late night!? Life must be big and not long! Your mother had a big life! She was loved by all! She had all her desires met and she was finally and truly happy! Is it not better to go on a high?!”
“But what about me!?, how will I leave without her!?”
“Her love and memories are enough for your lifetime! The love you had for her give an extra to people younger to you especially your daughter! Did you not say when she was born that she reminded of your mother?! And the respect and concern which you had for her you must give to your elders especially other mothers and daughters! And I am sure that will really make your mother happy!”
“If I had known when you will take her I would have been prepared!”
“You were prepared my child! I can take every mother anytime so make sure that you are always nice to her! You never want that last thing you said to her was rude or would have made her sad! But you should have no complaints! Even till the end you were nice to her and she was happy for you without any regrets or remorse!”
“All this is fine but still this is hard!”
“Of course it is! That only shows how much she was important to you and how much you loved her!”
He got up with a start, looked at his daughter and thought to himself, “her eyes are just like my mother!”
It is hard, but that’s life…
My first sketch after that tragic break… Of course it goes without saying that my mom was much more beautiful than my stretch…
Good night all…
God bless… Miss you mom…
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