Girl Steps: 14-02-2016 : Happy Mother's Day

One would wonder the weirdness of this title 14-02-2016 : Happy Mother's Day. But it has a hidden lovely meaning to it. This post is dedicated to 14 years of love and friendship between two beautiful souls who reunited in 2016. Read on to find more about it..:)

It was a regular day at school and I got back to the hostel in the evening. I did my regular chores and was getting ready for the 'prayer session' unaware what a beautiful day it was gonna turn into for me!

I went all hopping and popping to the prayer hall with my usual loud laughter. As I was about to cross the main lobby, I heard my warden talking to someone about a new joiner. I was curious. I went near her and asked 'who's it mam?'. She, as usual sternly looked at me over her reading glasses and asked me to check for myself and smiled.

I got all curious and went to the register and ran my fingers over the names and as I came to the end of the page I saw a different name. 'Diana Davidson' ! And where is she from? Bahrain. Hmm... I turned at my warden and asked her 'So international ah?' She again nodded still smiling.

I couldn't control my curiousness on how she looks. I went inside the prayer hall with my friends and throughout the session I was only trying to see who 'Diana' was. But she was turning her back on me :(

I ran outside once the prayer got over and stood near the space where we leave our footwear. I was standing there crossing my legs casually, with my friends around me. I was a big brat those days! There she came to pick her footwear and instantly I felt a connect with her and here's our first conversation:

Later I heard that she was chuckling when she knew I was 5 years younger and it was cute when I behaved like a gangster it seems!! Haha, that funny incident brought us both closer.

Yes, we became the best of friends. Staying in hostel away from parents gives us all a sense of responsibility, it builds our character and makes us more independent. It's even more stronger when you're young. I was 11 when I encountered hostel life and that gave a lot of learning.

A mother is the only relationship which is irreplaceable. On that standpoint me and Diana was sailing on the same boat that time. I was away from mom and was not allowed to see her for 3 whole years. Whereas for D' she just lost her mother in an accident before she joined our school. She, being from a different country felt all aloof and everything was being new to her. She was holding and withstanding everything only to pursue her career in Medicine. I loved that grit in her. She taught me, corrected me when I was wrong and always there for me showing so much love.

Mother can't be replaced, but the motherly love can be shown and felt. That's what D' had on me. Such motherly love. She used to and still calls me 'my baby'. We both found solace in talking with each other, sharing(not much was there those days!!) and in showing love and friendship.

I felt so special when all of my friends called her 'akka' and i calling her 'Diana'. It was definitely special!! We got attached to each other in a way God has chosen each of us to be the solace in our lives. Afterall who would want to be away from such motherly love and a genuinely beautiful soul who things good for others.

It was all great and the day came when I had to leave the hostel and I can still remember D hugging and crying asking me not to. But 'I had to'. I left the place with so much of pain and agony in not able to be with her again. But I came back to school for exams and every day I ran to see D to talk, feel the warmth and friendship.

We like any other friends wrote on each other's slam book. It had our addresses, phone numbers and our emotions all emptied on several pages on that little book. It was the last day of school and after my exam got over, I ran hurriedly and bought few toffies.

I asked my auto wala to wait and ran to my hostel to just see D and give her the toffies. I just threw myself in her arms and hugged her as tight as I can and started weeping. We kept saying we'll miss each other so much and should always be in touch.

After all this, life was good but fate had its own game for us. Unfortunately, we both lost the 'little book' we had. I tried so much, but I was unable to contact her at all. Life moved on. I went to a different town for studies but always kept talking about D and thought about her. I even tried to call my hostel, but they denied to give her contact due to security reasons. This is hard, I thought!

I opened an FB account when I was in college 1st year(yeah! You heard that right :) ). I kept searching for her. All I knew was her name and her desire to pursue medicine. But hard luck. I had D in my memories and always missed her so so much. I would blame myself, probably I never took enough effort in finding her :(

But "whats meant to be will always come to us" how much ever time it takes. It finally took a week's constant and persistent search for me to finally find D :). I couldn't control my happiness.

But I did have my doubts if she would ever remember me!! But with the first 'HI' I was able to gage how much she has missed me over these years! I learnt how much she has searched for me too :) :) We reconnected and there ain't one percent of discomfort or weirdness as we spoke after all these years. Indeed we were laughing hard on our first encounter outside the prayer hall :)

The love was intact and just as fresh as ever, but definitely has grown so much with all the missing. Diana is now a successful dentist and a wonderful mother to a beautiful angel. I've always admired her for her grit and even today I look up at her for her strength and passion towards anything she does.

As I said mothers are irreplaceable. But we could still get and give motherly love. I'm living in ecstasy in receiving such a motherly love from D even today. I'm blessed. We recently met and amidst of her busy schedule, we kept talking for hours as we have 13 years of stories to be filled in, obviously!!

God always chooses the people who are in need and always sends someone to support us and to love us. I would call that as a real blessing. D and myself are such people to each other and we both admit this.

You would also have someone like this in your life with whom you share such motherly love. Do share your story in the comment section below. I would love to know!!