Surprise on Wedding Aniversay- A moment to remember..

Surprise on Wedding Aniversay- A moment to remember..

It was in 2004-05, our SON was born with complications, he was diagnosed to be cerebral palsy child. I went to my mom's place for a long stay. Although my husband and myself loved each other a lot and we were very positive for our son but still I needed the back-up energy to prepare myself for the hectic future life. My husband used to have off on second saturday's of each month, so every month he used to come and meet us for three days. Those were the early days of our parent-hood, I had left my job to take care of the baby...even before he was born and after he came going back to job was job was not going to be an option ever for us, on top of it my son was going to need loads of money for treatment, since he came and then later we were going to need a lot of dedication, serious planning in the way we spend, the way we live our life, the way we design our future, the things we can do for him, the personal life, the outings, the life together all needed a serious thought over and make over...we will never be carefree couple again...and we knew it....so..we could'nt think of taking day-off's just like that...I was in a moment of transition, I had lost my liberty to get uwell, I had lost my liberty to be sleeping all day in Migrane...I had grown in that moment and my Husband too had grown.....

This narration here is of that special meeting with him...that time when he came to meet me..just me...although we were growing...maturing....but our love was growing too...As I said he used to visit me on the second Saturday Weekend....so even this time I was expecting him..our Marriage Anniversary was approaching...it falls on 17th feb, on "Vasant Panchami"by hindi calender....that year in 2005  "Vasant Panchami" was on Sunday, so we decided to celebrate this day as 17th was on Wednesday...and it was not possible for him to come...but..he got a tour..of Mysore...and he was not sure will he be able to reach me on that "special" weekend or not....he went to Udipi, Mysore, Manipal...Purchased a Mysore Silk sari for me...(one and only Gift he ever gave me of his choice..rest all I choose-He pays haha)...and decided to take a chance to come and meet me...That time for us was not the days of Aeroplane and flights...we were growing in each aspect and so ...he travelled by train...he had a direct return ticket for Hyderabad, but to come to me from Mysore, come to Aurangabad...was a tedious plan...he was first supposed to go to Bombay (30hrs) and then from Bombay to Aurangabad (7hrs) non-stop...Without Ticket, in General Coach...on the seat of wooden bars and no foam comfort, of the coach of high passengers and no resting...he had to choose of comfort of going to Hyderabad by comfort with reserved ticket and 20hrs journey or to come to me on time by lots and lots of pain and discomfort....

All through his life he travelled with AC II tyre coaches, he had decided to take the adventurous voayge to meet me with all the pains and strain...but his mind was happy..just like..Salman sings..."Deevana main chala"

That Aniversay was more DEAR to me than our marriage itself. It was his determination that bought him near to me in person, mentally we are already united always, and the biggest joy was all this was a SURPRISE...he did not tell me before starting for this voyage that he is coming home....so when he came that evening, I was overjoyed...just like a teenager...a young lover and delighted by the sudden surprise to see her lover...!!!

My husband is not a person who will say "I love You" ten times a day, and when person like him do things like this, totally unlike his nature...I fell in his love all over again...I give my heart to him forever..and ever..!!!

Neha Srivastava
Ghana