Home....Mum....comfort

Was down with a bad bout of viral fever & throat infection...was feeling terrible not only from ill health but also from office blues and generally life. And what does a girl do then? She goes home to mum:)! I agree there's no place like home! Its strange that I still don't think of my rented pad as home. Maybe its me.

I thought I would die by the time i reached Pune, but one cup of mum's ginger tea got me breathing again. Yes, even the power cuts did not seem to bother me. Just being with my parents and being looked after by them somehow made me feel better. Ya, I know it sounds romantic...but being away from home makes you yearn for the comfort & love of family. I landed up unannounced and I realised how much my parents treasured having me with them. I loved it.

Thanks to my throat infection I could hardly speak but it was okay. The usual topics of marraige, settling down etc did rise its head - was oaky with it! I feel lucky that my parents are in Pune and I can reach them when I want without blowing away a fortune on travel. While I mumbled on salary cuts Dad advised on not giving up on saving. And coninuing my PPF . And the best thing was I came back with both edible and non edible goodiess!

Yes i am in my thirties but have to agree that parents with their unconditional love and home is taken for granted. As Robert Frost famously wrote " Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in". Bless you Mum & Dad. I know am really lucky to have you in my life!