Love, Life and Me

When the relationship between two people gets stabilized, when you’re sure about each other and once that “struggle” part is over, there comes a time when   you get so engrossed in your daily chores that you actually forget to admire the beauty of the other person… the thing that differentiates that someone from others and the quality that made you fall in love with them! Honesty, beauty, innocence, simplicity, whatever it was that made your heart skip a beat! And then one fine day, while maybe watching a movie, or reading a book, some scene would remind you of a time in your life when you probably were “together” only in your dreams & not in reality.  When you had the time and will to see the beauty of the person. When you spent hours simply thinking about that person…and when probably nothing was so stable as today. When you were so much in love and when you used to ask God never to end the moment that you spent with them. The moment would make you smile,...

He paced through the corridors of the hospital, finding his way in the crowds, crossing everyone and not once stopping to see the people around. He had been late, even today and for the first time ever, he was feeling really nervous. He had been thinking about this moment for the past few months and even though he had no role in the whole process, whenever he thought about it, there was a gut that formed somewhere on the inside and made him feel nauseous. He had imagined this moment hundreds of times and he had experienced a mixed feeling: happiness, love, expectation and excitement. But today was different. It was the day they had both waited for the past 9 months. His mind was all cluttered. There were a thousand thoughts running in his mind. At this point, all he wanted was to reach by her side. He wanted to be present there. He knew that she was going to bear all the pain, but he knew that if he is by her side, she'll feel protected. Besides, he wanted to be t...