Dearest for all!

Grandmother! She is our family’s dearest and most loved member. She is a soul with full of life and a versatile personality. She has always supported and inspired her grandchildren to proceed towards quality life. I have been the closest of her grandchildren. She talks to me to smile but I cannot be with her all the time. These are some lines dedicated to the heart of gold, my Daadi. She has given more than a decade of her life in my upbringing during my childhood. I always shared her bed and her room till I had my own. The food is tastier when we eat in her room on the floor watching popular television shows and daily soaps. She is my ‘Darling Daadi’.

Dearest for all

She is active since dawn,

flowing like a waterfall 

Advanced in thoughts; 

adored by all 

Her sojourn to her families spread 

Is like stable pearls and a moving thread 

My days glorify with the holy angel 

Daadi is superb, noble and humble 

Her giving nature is bonus for us 

Daadi dials English numbers 

without any fuss 

She lives her life in true sense 

And carries immense patience 

So much in her is unshared 

Daadi and I are divinely paired 

Just by observing her pain 

Brings me in tears 

Getting old is something 

I just can’t reverse 

Lesser I see her 

More I miss her 

She loves me much more 

Than I can ever ponder 

Ironical to her age and time 

Aware of all that sparks and shine 

Eats less when she dines 

Talks more if her daughter is on the line 

Being like her is impossible 

Yet I try very hard 

Learning spirit of hers is the best guard 

To walk with us hand in hand 

And also with generations when they stand. 

Neeti Sawarthia Tibrewala

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