43 years of roses and thorns and not a moment of regret. never expected surprises...its always been just another day, nothing to shout about...but the heart has weakened over the years, the joints have loosened and the memories have faded..oh yes..i need reading glasses too. would i want to exchange my life with someone younger? to have lived a perfect life of thunder and rain, sunshine and spring..would one want youth again over maturity and fun?
life has never been more beautiful..every second and every living breath has been a blessing.
was treated to a cup of special brew coffee in the late morning, well it started with that. and then lunch, tea, late tea, dinner and supper. absolutely filled to the brim...
dinner was perfect though..the first in my entire life.
we are at pizza hut, we finish the pizza and suddenly sis clears the table, and the lights go off, the birthday song is played and ten staff walk out with this cake...i cant see for a while...is it a pie? ohmigod...oh no...its my most favourite cake in the world...the vanilla mille crepe...gawd..in my 43 yrs..i finally get the cake i so damn hunger for, they call it the slice of heaven..the one and only which i will be selfish to keep and eat by myself..lol.
thanks to sis..she spends a fortune on it..i was embarassed of course..the whole pizza hut started clapping...goodness..i felt like a child. it was a great finish to a wonderful day..and just before i started writing this...i fell on my knees and closed my eyes..not in prayers exactly...but in thanks and gratitude mainly for family.. and secondly for friends...those who have taken even that one second to send tags or wishes or call or text..they say life begins at 40..i cant agree more. :-)
sis and i have a tradition of giving each other books on our bdays...this time she gave me 2 books, ten poems to change ur life by roger housden and the book of names by jill gregory and karen tintori...honestly...i wouldnt trade today for a huge bash of a party...it was simply and perfectly beautiful.
thank you all.
6 comments:
Forgive me... forgot ur b'day....
What can I say?? Have a happy year!
My Dear Kathirika Roy,
In fond i called you this morning just to say how much it means to wish you on your Birthday, and am sure many loved ones of yours had the similar sense of Urge!
I could hear the hustling noise of the restaurant (I guess its' Pizza Hut, as you stated) when i buzzed you from Mumbai, only to see that it was really a short conversation. Missed those long giggles of yours, as usual... during my usual calls!!!
I am more than Glad to know how much differene this special day made in your LIFE... specially by SWAG and the staff of the Restaurant...
Again... wish you a wonderful year ahead and ofcourse many more to follow!!
Lovingly... yours probably the only... Rao... from Aamchi Mumbai...
BTW, Nalli Surendra is none other than Rao!!!
Dear Subbie
I too contempated trading bodies for one with less girth, silkier and blacker shiny hair, more height and a better-paying profession to support my indulgences as I turned 45....
Then when I considered that a single crease upon the continuum would change all reality especially those dear people who have embedded themselves into my very skin, I did not need convincing that right now is especially good. Nobody can have that underscored more indellibly than with vanilla mille crepe cake. No, I have not eaten it, but it sounds good enough to double the population of the inmates of Hades. It would go so well with tea, yes?
Be well, Subrata.
Thats why I always say ....u r special, u got an birthday...suprise...or wat ever one wants to call it... celebration ....which u least expected, thats this world, this life is all about...go on doing the Work u shall be rewarded with 10 fold more...as in the Gita... Krishna says...U do my work I will take care of u like the eyelid takes care of the eye.....I have to tell u here u never fail to amaze me with ur acts...the other day when we had a drink you took the cans back to be recycled...thats u the GREAT ACT of saving this Mother Earth.... U will always be a special fren...TQ for sparing we few minutes on ur birtday despite ur bz schedule....Vijay
Subrata!!!
Got your letter finally! I am happy to hear you are doing well. I am so sorry to have missed your birthday this year. Unfortunately it happened around Mj's death---so shocking to me. I like to read your blogs....its nighttime here and I have to go now and rest for work...will have more time off this July 4th weekend. love MJ Chatterjee
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