The Album

Walking dead slow with the help of a walking stick I reached my almirah, at the age of 80 one has a lot of time, so doing things slowly doesn't really matter. I took out the album from my almirah locker & slowly sat on my bed. There were a lot of photos in that album but four photos in that list had an everlasting impact on me.

1st photo- It was the day I was born, Mom & Dad were holding me carefully, with the tears of joy in their eyes. Mom told me that was the first & the last time when she saw dad crying.

2nd Photo- It was clicked by dad, I won the Inter-school competition for the 'Best Musical Instrument Player'. I always wanted to be a guitarist but due to peer pressure ended up being an engineer. I still regret why I didn't take stand for me.

3rd Photo- It was a selfie Me, Martha & our two sons took in front of 'London Eye'. The view was awesome, but there was something missing in that picture 'Mom & Dad'. I became so busy in raising the digits of my bank account that I forgot Mom & Dad. I always assumed that they wanted to be in India as it will be difficult for them to settle in England. I wish someone would have shown me the 1st photo at that time so that I would have understood what they really wanted.

4th photo- The last photo was Me & Martha holding hands at beach, it reminded me how I proposed her in college 'I want to grow old with you, I see us walking along beachside at the age of 70, together holding hands'. Fortunately, that wish came true. Martha died two years back from cardiac arrest.

Looking at these pictures I wish I could go back in time, relive some unforgettable moments & undo the mistakes I did!