Monday 23 March 2009

Grandma!

Do one have to wait for their near death to hear their children say I LOVE YOU? 
It was only at my grandma's death bed that my dad forgave his OWN mother. 
It was only then that we as grandchildren thought about how loving our grandmother was to us! 
It was only then that her children say I'm sorry.
It was only then that 3 out of 4 of her children came together as a family, supporting each other without fighting.
Even after she died 2 of the siblings fought. They couldn't look each other in the eye. Telling everyone else how angry they were to each other.
1 did not even shed a tear when news of his mother passed away was passed to him.
All they could ever think is" Yay! I do not have to pay for her medical bills anymore." 
1 grandchild even said this" Just because grandma died I did not get to fully attend a camp." 
Most grandchildren asked" Why do we have to follow this STUPID tradition?
1 of her children was really reluctant to join in the funeral as he has to pay the bill of the funeral.
Her sister's grandkids cried during her funeral when even all her OWN grandkids did not even shed a tear. 
Even at a day like this we acted so cold towards her. What has she done towards us to make us treat her this way?
When all I can think of is that she has treated us with unconditional love which we all pushed away. 
Ah Ngan I love you and I'm sorry for what I have done and said! 
I miss you a lot as you were my only grandma I know. 
It was really great having you as a grandma.
You were awesome with your generosity. 
I REALLY MISS MY GRANDMOTHER. if only i could turn back the time, i would savour all the time i had with her.

 

May I have 3 days of your time?

Everyone make demands. No matter how big or small one is. The famous one that most housewife or impatient person would say is "i would demand to see your manager". 

Demandings comes naturally to a human being. Everyone is born with what i would like to call ability.  A kid as young as 2 months know how to make demands as they demand for food when they are hungry or demands to be changed when their diapers are full. Even the dead make demands. Like demands to be cremated or buried. Demand for a grand funeral. This ability allows humans to live in this demanding world. 

But all the demands listed are demands of needs and materialistic. These are the demands seen in the bigger picture. What if its broken down or looked into detailed. Specified to the smallest way possible. You can see that each and everyone's demands has the slightest most undetectable sign of question towards the people they love. 

That undetectable question is
 "Would you give as much as 3 minutes of your time to change my diaper?"
 or rather 
"Would you spend 5 minutes to feed me?"
or to the dead
"Would you give up 3 days of your life for me?"