Ever wonder what is in store? I do. There is so much and there is so little. She would sit and gaze at the beautifully cascading horizon. The pure warmth of the setting sun beyond the shimmering water would mark the end of another ever so marvellous day of sitting back and loitering her fragile brain to the wondrous days of frolic.
And today here at 87, she would try to churn out the memories and battle herself to picture them. Some days she managed going back all the way to when she was 14. But that was the pinnacle. Never beyond! She would remember the fondness she had for her gorgeous mother. Her amazingly tantalising cooking. Her ever so strict upbringing. Her support. Her confidence in her that she would be someone and do something extra ordinary though she knew it was not a reality.
What can you say about mothers! Whatever you do, they think you are the best at it. And then she would race back in time to catch up with the fun filled memories of her father and her brother. They were a bunch of clowns. Always hilarious. They were also protective of her and pampered her to the point that she truely believed in princess stories.
So much more. Friends, school, university, first job, the first kiss, that rainy day, the first exam, the taste of success, the first job, the parties, the fancy dinners, the long walks, her husband, her adorable kids, her grand children, the beautiful house, the fights, the games, the wedding, and so much more.
What's left of a lifetime of activities is embedded in a single 6 letter word.."Memory"..It's ridiculous how life works. First you strive to do things. And at the end of it all..all you are left with is 6 letters!! Then again, only the fortunate ones get to make good ones.
We have no realisation of how soon things change. For the good or for the bad. A lesson is learnt every day. Big or small, doesn't matter. If we have come to terms with this analogy then we must act. Act to make good memories, act to give good memories, act to be good, act to be kind, act to succeed, act to remember, act to forget, act to forgive, act to love, act to be there and act to live life every single day as this very story could be the last one you and I read. Who knows what's out there! All I know is that I wanna go out smiling and having left amazing and fond memories.
"We don't remember days..we remember moments.."
