Friday, 11 November 2011
Cherries #Day11
My son brought me to this general store to do grocery shopping. I am new to this country, thus checking out the stores and the operating systems.
Cherries. I stop at the counter and stare at them.
Whenever I see cherries, they always remind me of him. He used to bring them for me at our secret meeting place- the back of the thick banyan tree, only to snatch them from my hand and eat them all.
We grew up together in a small town of Himachal Pradesh. Calling it a town would be an overstatement. A small colony developed for the officers of the Board. My father was an officer too, very much like his.
I don't know about his present or past whereabouts. There was no Facebook or email when we last met. Or should I say when we separated.
'Mom, lets go!' The son wants to go. I pick a handful of cherries and walk towards the billing counter.
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4 Wisecracks (Comment here):
Lovely.
Respects.
=)
sweet memories of sweeter cherries...
@ Punky *bows down*
@ Nimue :)
some memories keep beckoning at every stage of life. sometimes smiles and sometimes pain comes back
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