How will you feel after you have talked to your childhood friend whom you had not met or talked to for last 13 years? Yes! I did that today and I spoke to her for quite a long time and I cannot explain that feeling in words, but I know I am feeling really great. And I became conscious that If I keep on talking, I will not have anything left over to talk when I meet her in person next :-P .
It happened by chance that I came to know that she is living in the same city as that of mine, When I was in my father's home for 1 week to attend my grandmother's bereavement. 1 week stay in that house made me nostalgic and I was feeling low that I am missing those good old times now and all the good times have left . Many faces were missing from the scene. Many have come up. I could spend some time with my smaller cousins(My family is a very big family with an age gap of around 25 years between me and my youngest cousin!!!!) and I shared all the beautiful moments with all my cousins who were present as I was feeling so nostalgic.
It was the house where I was born and brought up and I spent the most valuable years of my life with my sister, my cousins and my childhood friends - my neighbours. This friend of mine was not a child then, She and her sister were in their twenties and hence they were "Chechies" for us kids. I remember getting up in the morning, eating something what my mom used to give and running to their house with all the kids around us to play with them. It was fun there, chechis used to comb our hair, put make up for us, and finally put us in the water tank which was a huge rectangular concrete with full of water. We all enjoyed playing with water and it was really fun that after all the games, we all were fed by them. We all loved to eat whatever they gave. and there were no big "NOs" which we used to say when moms try to feed us. Our daily agenda was only to wake up early in the morning ,eat, dress up and "meet up" in our way side road, fly to Chechies's house. We could play all games, like swinging in the cashew nut tree, climb on the coffee tree, watch chechi making garlands with tulsi and hibiscus to put it in the idols of their pooja room, play with the calves at their home, we could do whatever we liked and even play in rain (which was not allowed home then). So it was such a nice place for us to hand out and by the time we return it would have been around 6 O clock in the evening . by then we will be hearing loud "come back calls"
Time went fast, we all grew up, my family moved from father's ancestral home. After that I met Chechi's for the elder one's marriage and that too after 13 years gap. I wonder what 13 has to do in my life, because my meeting with them were in the gaps of 13 :-). Now I am contacting her again after 13 years. :-)
Interestingly I am hearing for the first time in my life, that somebody in this city is saying we "are not staying far apart" though our places are some 20 kms apart.Usually people feel it is very difficult to move from one place to another here even-though its not so far off. But I dont feel this 20 km as a bigger distance for me to meet her. Anyway we have decided to meet soon and I am eagerly waiting for that moment and now also I wish If I could go back to my childhood!!!!
And I would like to add one more thing. I happened to watch the malayalam movie "Meghamalhar" yesterday which is based on the reunion of 2 childhood friends. I dont know whether this is a coincidence or not , I happened to make a call to my childhood friend today :-) .
