A very Special Day–June 28th-Appa/Amma Wedding Day

In the world of continuous cribbing to have better things, and as the better thing always seems to be in others hand, we need to sit back and relish few of the best things that has been gifted to us in your life. Beautiful nature, your birth as a capable human being, air, water etc…
Out of all, the greatest gift is our “Parents”. Good the creator decided not to give control to us in selecting our Parents. I am so grateful to the Almighty for gifting me with wonderful parents.
My parents are my first best teachers and my source of great inspiration. Even now I have a new lesson to learn from them everyday.
The 20th century parents in India were not so broad minded and they were torn between their tradition and the incoming western influence. As my father was in army we had strict rules at home, right from waking up early, being clean, following healthy diet etc. (we always had enough reasons to break these rulesJ).
My Dad is my first hero – be on the day when he gets me ice cream for scoring first rank, taking us for our favorite movie adjusting his work schedule (which was a very rare event in our family), taking me with him during his morning walks, encouraging me to go for my basketball match when I had four stitches in my forehead, motivating me to make my own decisions in my life – right from selecting my dress to deciding my higher studies to selecting my partner, being strict to me but in a nicer way when I do mistakes, giving full freedom to my thoughts and actions which few dads were doing in 20th century. I admire him the most when I listen to his childhood stories and his great struggle to come up in his life. I would be surprised when he promptly asks “Are you ok Sumi?” when I have a very slight cold or I am little upset that too over phone. The only thing which I disagree with him is his tensed way of doing things. I am still not able to compete with him in being perfectionist in all the tasks I do.
His aim was to give the best to his children and he has given more than that to us.
My Mom – she is the binding force of our family. As my Dad was in military he stayed in his camp areas which usually would be in north India, whereas we stayed with our mom in south India. I could experience the pain which my parents were undergoing for more than 10 years for our sake when I stayed in US for 8 months away from my husband. At least I had the luxury of online chat, mail etc but her only means of communication was snail mail which would take two weeks to reach my dad and it would be more than a month when she would get a reply for her mail.
Still my mom managed the situation in an excellent way. She is the best finance manager I have ever seen. Without all the current facility of internet, phone banking she used to keep track of her accounts in a perfect way. On any day any time she could give the mini statement of our bank account including her investment, would be profit/expenditure details... :) really amazing, even with all these facilities it is a great struggle for me to manage my finance!!!! I could discuss anything under the sky with her, be it a simple Recipe or Ragas, Yoga or politics. The best part I admire in her is her great adaptability. I disagree with her attitude of worrying too much for small things, which she has stopped doing it nowadays. This is to say them how special they are not only on this day but on everyday of my life. I don’t have words to praise and thank you - Dad and Mom for all that you have done for me. I am what I am only because of you.
Wishing you Many Many More Happy Returns of the Day....:)