My mom would always say that her second born daughter was
the most beautiful baby that she had ever laid her eyes on. For my mother, my
sister was bits of stardust blown from the hands of God! While I was the wild
one turning my mother’s life upside down my sister gave her lot of peace with
her toothless smiles & numerous gurgles. Though I was always fascinated with
these stories, little did I know that I will get to see history repeat itself
with the birth of the daughter of my sister!
It was 8th of June, 2017 the sky was silently
sweeping away the darkness & making room for the first ray of sunshine to
hit us when we were handed over our own little sunshine! Oh my! Have I seen a
prettier baby than what lay in my hands? Her arched lips slightly open her skin
all radiant & pink as she has been kissed by the deity as he sent us his
blessing on the holy day of Snana Purnima.
In midst of all excitement, I caught my mother all teary
eyed & grinning ear to ear at the same time. “She looks exactly like my
Bebo!” she gasped. The first glimpse of Tara, that’s what we call her now, is
something that I’ll have with me for eternity, the gush of emotion as my heart
swells with love for this tiny tot who looks directly in your eyes & makes
you her own- My mother & I were already taken & it took just a picture
of Tara to get my father down on his knees!
He took to social media & crazy phone calls to announce
the arrival of his Grand Daughter. She is born on Purnima, weighs 3.7Kg &
looks exactly like here mother is what I kept hearing all day long as he
attended to each & every call from friends & relatives. Our house &
our hearts were festive that day!
We all have been on adrenaline for sometime now & my
adrenaline started 600kms away when I got a sneaky little ping on whatsapp from
my mother telling me to check Hind leak.
I called her immediately & she tells me that there is a slight leak
but not sure if Bebo will go into labour. Google & few of experienced
mother’s along with mine advised me that it might take Bebo 24-48 hours to deliver, so I should stay put
the night in Bangalore take the next day evening flight & come to Kochi.
To be honest I was not convinced, the last flight out of
Bangalore to Kochi was at 10 pm that day; it was 5 pm when my mother had snuck
in that info, the discussion & consultation had taken another hour! I
called Bibhu & he asked me a question “Will you be able to sleep that
night?” Two browsers on my laptop & one click on the uber app & I was
on my way to Kochi. No one knew except for Bibhu that I had flown into Kochi
& checked into a hotel. My mom called me at 2.30 in the night to tell me that
Bebo has gone to the hospital & she will deliver soon- I saw Tara that
night!
