The Visit!

What's going inside me? Visiting an oldage home was something I needed to do to understand the importance of the life that I have with my mother. There were senior citizens who hadnt seen their kids for months or few for a year.  Not just that there were  physically challeneged persons also.

To start off with, I was almost in tears when I reached the place. It was quiet and green everywhere. But the quietness was such that it filled my heart with ache and  many questions, few of them were like - why wld kids do such a thing to their parents who have spent their whole life providing the kids with everything they need. Another one was, how are the parents coping up with such a drastic change in their lifestyle. And third one was, how was I supposed to act with my character in mind in front of them. I knew my eyes wld fail to pretend that I was happy to be there.
I wld never imagine ever in my life sending my mother to such a place even though it was fullfilled with all the basic amenities. I can't have enough reasons to say that an oldage home is a right place for senior citizens. Why are we shredding away our responsibility as kids to take care of our parents? Be it whatever reason, why can't we just adjust and adapt to them growing old and let them be with us while we sway ourselves towards work and money.

What I saw today was an eye opener. I saw a physically challenged kid who wasnt able to speak. I had asked God at that moment, that which mother wld have let him be in such a place? What was such a condition of the parent that they cldnt keep this beautiful flower with them? As much as it broke my heart to see them like that in such a place, I  tried to reach them through my love. I have spent hardly 30mins with them but those will always remain with me as a lesson, a lesson to be a good girl to my mother, to be a young lady and face my responsibilities, to be a woman who knows the difference between what is right and wrong.
Today, was a lesson learnt to help me become a human full of love.