Happy birthday to you...!
On a cold (and cheerless) day of December, of the year of the Lord, 1991, I met these two adorable people. They brought such warmth and friendship and light into my life that I feel blessed.
So dissimilar are they physically that there wouldn't appear to be much in common and yet so similar in spirit that I (and indeed quite a few people who know them) would reach to one when wishing to talk to the other. So tremendously individualistic and opinionated yet so sharing and considerate. One a morning lark while the other definitely owlish. The booming (stomach?) laugh, the shining twinkling eyes, the sound advice, the technical thoroughness, the caring attitude, the convenient chocolate and other such treats, the early morning walks, the late night prowls, the intellectual discussions, the idiotic puerile jokes, the rapid generation and transmission of gossipy stories... the list is too long! They enriched, all of us, in our stay in Shimla.
Over the years, we have drifted. We have changed. While I like many of us am carrying the onerous burdens of family and parenthood, they remain as unattached yet attached to all. While most of us seem to have taken our burdens quite literally physically, they seem to have shed more weight than they started with!! But, lagta hai, the bond endures ...
I hope you both see this post and receive my best wishes!
2 comments:
nice post :-) wishes to your friends.
and thanks for dropping by my blog and sharing your thoughts! :)
What a lovely post. Your friends are lucky to have you!
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