The Gift Of My Life

The day was as beautiful as it could be,

I was jumping as usual with excitement and glee

All this havoc in my life was because

My parents told” An elder sister, you are soon to be”.

Soon the day was about to end,

And it was like any regular evening

Until my mom got her medical report

And to the hospital the next morning, my mother had to be sent.

It was all mixed feelings,

And I could not sleep the following night.

I was tensed about my mother’s healings

And happy that I will finally have someone to fight.

The next morning I was the first one to get up

And I knew that on my sibling I had to make a good impression

And so with a lot of hard work, I dressed up

And I used up all the accessories in my possession.

The day went by in slow motion,

I saw mom going to the operation theatre.

Although the doctors said that mom will be given local anesthesia,

I fought that a branded one will be better.

I was so young back then,

All that I could realize was that my life will change forever from that day

I did not know whether it’ll be a girl or a boy,

And to help my nervousness, all I could do was pray.

Like a bear, I hung onto my dad,

And whenever a doctor came out I’d pounce on him.

But none of the babies that he carried

Was my very own sibling

I got tired of standing for hours

And started to doze off while standing.

Suddenly once again the doctor came out

And I knew it was a misunderstanding

But to my surprise, the doctor called out my father’s name,

And all my relatives surrounded the doctor.

From the back into the crowd, as I came,

I saw, right there, was my baby sister.

The doctor saw my surprised expression

And asked me if I wanted to hold her

My sister was finally in my hands, in my possession,

I could feel my eyes getting wet and my vision getting blur

Wrapped in a white towel, she was no bigger than my ten-year-old palm

I could feel her soft wobbly skin through the towel, I tried so hard to keep calm

She was so fair that even the flash in our camera could not outshine her

Then she opened her eyes and looked at me, and right there, my heart belonged to her

 

I was so proud that I was the first thing that she saw.

So satisfied that all the hard work I had put into my appearance was not wasted, after all.

When she saw me, it was like a million words in a smile

And as if she were smiling at me through her eyes.

For the first time, I experienced tears of happiness

And that was the best day of my life

My sister is the gift of god

And I love her a lot!

Next week we will be celebrating her fifth birthday

I don’t know where all these years did fly

But I’ll always remember this day

I got nothing else to say.