Phool tumhe bheja hai

They say, "Flowers say it all" December marks the most memorable month! Today being my Sister's fourth wedding anniversary! Nothing special about it, its not the first nor the twenty fifth. But, looking back I think every occassion, birthday or an anniversary means something. It reflects how far one has come in life. How much they have achieved and how much is yet to be achieved. The past years, being the "gold standards" of one's life. Thats why, I consider it a special event to make someone special feel really special. Its the time to celebrate yesterday's dreams that came true! In today's world, where people break up for no apparent reason, anniversaries are indeed a milestone. For the first time, I sent these 51 roses to my sister. The thought itself fills my heart with undending joy. Dont these flowers look amazing? Bundle of roses representing bundle of happiness. I remember the time when she was getting married and I was yet to come to terms with it. The thought that the sister with whom I spent 21 years of my life, under the same roof is suddenly going to go to someone elses house. Though, I have known my jeeju for a long time before that. The first question that I asked her was "What will you call your M-I-L as? So she said "Mummy". I was like "How can you call someone else other than our Mom as "mummy":D Around the time, when I was set to come to US. Even after she was married, I made her spend 3 days of the week with me and I would go spend the weekend at her place. Yes! as ridiculous as it sounds, I did that only coz I wanted to spend all my time with her before coming here. That continued for 7 months after their marriage. She never uttered a word and poor Jeeju (B-I-L)has been tolerant to tolerate two hyper girls, like me and she!!! Now, she is a mother of one child. I feel cute when Aryan said to her today "Mamma, tujha lagna aahe"? [Meaning: Mom are you getting married], when he saw people wishing her. The kid also knows that his "Maoo" [Aunt] is supposed to call for every important occassion. What's more the e-mail that my sister sent, makes the feeling priceless:(Of course edited, for privacy purposes) "Thanx a lot for making me feel special. You do everything so properly! How can u manage all this at such a small age? The roses r so real n good as if u came here n gave it to me personally. " Wonder what it is with sisters? They never feel you are old enough! She still feels, I am the 21 something girl who left home to get a degree and she stopped growing beyond that:D What is incredible is that, my Jeeju who was supposed to be working in Germany until the 25th, gave her a surprise by pre poning his trip and reached home on their special day! Thats the beauty of it! A reason, is all we need, to stop and realize the beauty of life and richness that relationships provide us with. Sad, that "I never knew how close I was to her until I came far from her"