To Mom and Dad...
"This day marks an important milestones in the lives of my parents. The gamut of expressions that I am seeing on their face is a rich mixture of happiness, tears of joy and a little bit of bewilderment.
They have been there for each other, standing besides one another for 25 years and I have been a part of this journey for 22 years. This span has given me a chance to have a deep insight into their lives.
Though it is difficult to recollect much when I was a tiny toddler, but I knew I would always be safe with the constant love and care that they had for me. Life was very easy then.But infants grow into kids and kids behave like brats at times. That was enough to invite all the trouble I could handle.
Almost everyone present here is well conversant with my dad's temper. I guess you could empathize with me, especially when I was only 10 years old then.
But where there is anger, there is love and the hand caresses longer after it has slapped a cheek or two.
At every walk of my life I have needed and always been blessed by their support and affection. Be it the yesteryears when I was in school or the more recent years of graduation. Their selfless devotion towards my well being is something which I would never forget in my lifetime.
For all these years I not only witnessed their love for their kids but all the sweet and bitter moments among themselves. The marital tussles and some pretty worse arguments, at times, always ended very well, which have strengthened their relationship and love for each other and I today I know they are the happiest couple around.
For all this and more, I sometimes look up to HIM. HE just looks down and smiles for a job well done. I smile back too, because I know I have the best parents in the world.
Happy 25th Anniversary"
This is a small speech that I read out at the function we had, on occasion of my parents' 25th wedding anniversary in 2004. My cousins had planned the function really well and I was asked to participate in any possible way. Singing some song or performing anything else was out of question. I know I am not good at that. So a small speech made a perfect anniversary present. But I was so busy with chores of the day, that I kept postponing the time when I would sit down and start writing one. This speech was not ready until just 45 minutes before our function. Impromptu, huh!
