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Me with my dad |
This
is me when I was 2. The person looking at me is my dad but that is just
an association I received by birth. He is more importantly, my
role-model, well-wisher, inspirer, teacher, spiritual-void-filler,
actually running out of words here. When I have the severest of my
head-aches, my husband doesn’t get me a pill. He brings me the phone
dialing my dad’s number. Trust me; all my dad has to say is ‘divya mol’
and it kicks the head-ache right out of my head.
I
get carried away when I speak about my dad… now coming to the picture… I
actually didn't pay much attention to it when we used to browse through
our ‘family album’ – that is one tradition getting lost among the
millions of digital images floating around, isn’t it? Only recently, I realized how much the picture meant to my dad – I will get to that part
later.
The
photograph stirs different memories from my childhood. The building on
the right was a small barn where my grandpa used to spend a lot of time
tending the cows like his children. The barn was always cool for some
reason with a pungent smell of dung and hay. I wish I could sit there
now and watch the cows chew the hay away peacefully. The croton plants
remind my grandma’s special knack for gardening. She had so many plants
in there, you name one, you could find it around the house – jackfruit,
pepper, mango and many many herbs and shrubs that are unique to Kerala.
When
I was in India for vacation in December, my dad kept asking me to take a
picture of my daughter near the croton plant – incidentally, there is
one in the same spot today. I kept putting it off until the last day
when he finally made me do it. After seeing the picture, I was able to
connect the dots and realize how much the picture meant to him. He made
his granddaughter pose the same way holding a leaf and I could sense him
seeing me through my daughter. It was priceless.
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My daughter in the same spot today where i was 25 years before :) |
Note : I am adding my daughter's digital picture to connect my actual story.
"This post is my entry for the 'One Picture From My Photo Album' contest conducted by My Yatra Diary and CupoNation."
Am happy to nominate below listed buddies, as am sure they will also have some wonderful memories to share:
- Radhika Vasanth of Foodfor7stagesoflife
- Priya Ellias of TheHumptydumptykitchen
- Rafeeda AR of TheBigsweettooth
Those nostalgic memories from childhood sure are lovely and will be cherished forever..BTW you little princess looks so adorable!!Hugs and kisses for your cutie pie :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you nisha..thank you for your hugs and kisses to her...its delieverd on her sleep bed itself ;)
DeleteSweet :)
Deleteit is really wonderful memories,cute post.both the kiddos look adorable.
ReplyDeleteThank you meena
ReplyDeleteVery lovely post and cute photos...
ReplyDeleteYour cutie pie(daughter) looks like you, very cute...
Thank you priya
Deletecute cliks. n love dat both r stood in d same palce vth pose..
ReplyDeleteThank you maha
Deletebeautiful post..guess you are a papa's girl...njanum athey :)
ReplyDeletefirst time here..happy to be a part of your blog..pls visit mine when you get time..
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Absolutely-Thank you rani...
DeleteYou n ur daughter looks so cute dear... Really a memorable shot for u
ReplyDeleteThank you Akila
DeletePlace changed a bit but memories always are recycled :) such cute clicks
ReplyDeleteMay U enjoy the place like always
good sneak peak in to ur memories
:)
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Thank you afshan...pleasure that you visited :)
DeleteBeautiful post Divya.. Time changes but memory still lingers.. Both you and your daughter look really cute in the pics :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you nilu
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