Hard To Say Good-Bye

A time comes in everyone's lives to say good bye - to a place, a thing, a person. I'm sure you have said your own at some point...

Saying good-bye has always been very tough for me. Back home I never went to a railway station to drop off friends, relatives or even my parents if they ever went out of town! My cousins who visited me always took offense that I played and had fun with them, but when it came to seeing them off I always went missing :-)

I so clearly remember an occasion when we were living in Delhi. It was about 4:30 AM in the morning. I heard some noises and woke up. We lived on the second floor and had an enclosed balcony that overlooked a busy street - well, every street in a city like Delhi is a busy street :-)

Coming to the balcony, I saw that my neighbour's newly wedded daughter was being seen off to her in-laws'home along with her husband of 2 days...
I sat there and watched the whole 'Bidai' program for the next 45 minutes, sobbing along...

I was the subject of many jokes related to this incident for a long long time!

Selling off a less used car - I wondered that night how my car would be doing in a remote place with strangers as it's new owners.

Such have been my sentiments about saying good-bye even to lifeless objects. It hurts even to think that we will see even those strangers for the last time...
friends you make during a train journey, a short bus ride, a flight to another country always end on a sad note of having to say that good-bye...

And I have been made fun of too -by family and friends for being so, but well this is me!

And now - I've to move! To a newer place. Away from this one that holds a million memories...and it simply tears me to think of moving away from all of those too...

But, well there is no option either - and yes, I have the confidence that a greater force that has watched over for all this while will continue to do so...