Life knocks you around!

You think you have your life all set out pat and you go about your normal routine trying to build your business. And then whatm, life knocks you around!

This happened to me 3 days ago, when I was busy preparing for my day and waiting to write a new blog and all of a sudden my world slipped from under my feet. My darling mother, 83 years old has been ailing for a few weeks now, with various unrelated sicknesses - but, she was coping well for her age.

I went to find out one thing from her doctor and came back with another problem which could be far worse than the problem I went to solve. Anyway, I am still waiting for an answer for that, as the answer that we got back was inconclusive.

But, before I knew what happened I was escorting her to the hospital as she was too weak to even walk. Wham, that hit me like a ton of bricks - cause my mum despite her fragility and old age is a pretty gung-ho person and does like to walk by herself - sometimes even when I ask her not to.

What a day it was. Some good, some bad - but all is well that end's well and for that I thank God for his mercies. Well, to start off - I had to get help to move my mum from one place to the other. Thank God for good neighbours - I have been blessed with the best. Our regular Robin Hood neighbours were away, but some others who had moved in not long ago became the next Robin Hood's in our lives.

The young girl came to help me and said if you need to take mum to the hospital, my husband is home he can take you. As I have lived abroad for many, many years - I have not much wisdom when it comes to how things are done in India and I had heard that an ambulance can take a long time in coming, so I thanked her profusely and took up her offer.

I told her I would be ready in 15 mins had to zip across to the bank and get some money. My lady Robin Hood said, "how much do you need" and her reply to mine was, "don't worry, we have it at home just take aunty and go" Bless you Yamini, for the enormous trust you showed in me at that moment.

This was the good part of the story, from her begins the horror story. We live on the 6th Floor - the lift in our building quit - no idea how long it would take to repair. So, my poor dear, fragile 83 year old mother had the most traumatic ride of her life 6 floors down in a chair while 3 -4 men (our neighbour's husband included) took her down the stairs, one stair at a time. Bless them all, God and thank you for sending such wonderful people in my life when I most needed them.

Vishal, my neighbour, took us down in his car to the hospital. The ride was horrific as well as mum was so weak she could not sit and was positioned so badly in the car. Traffic was at its peak and we were in the heat for almost 1 hr. At a right turn, Vishal gave the indicator and the policeman said that he needed to go straight. Luckily, with mum lying down it was easy to persuade the policeman that this was an emergency and he let us go.

My poor dear mother, through all this said nothing. She just bore it all, as she does everything else - with courage and dignity. On reaching the hospital, things went well again and the doctor's and nurses took over and now my mum is resting there - more enegized than before with two units of blood in her body that were not there when we first reached there.

As I sit in the hospital with her, not connected to the net, I have time to thank God for his blessings sent our way in many forms - good neighbours, good doctors, good nurses, good members of our family and friends who come to visit and boost her morale - on the whole good people who help to make this world the beautiful place that it is in.

I came home for a couple of hours and sat down not knowing what to blog about - and this came to me. If it is not a top entry do forgive me, as there are many thoughts and emotions going through my mind. I have come home to a home that does not feel like home because my mother who was the main person here is sitting in hospital. God willing, I will bring her back with me for yet a little while more. I know that the day will come when she will never return, but I pray to God that that day is not yet on the horizon.:)