Sunday 28 February 2010

My Boudi-my friend, my Mother, my life

My boudi, Shubhra, has been in my life since I was 8 yrs old. She got married to my brother then and was almost my Mother, since my Mother passed away when I was 10. Today I'm 35 years old and she's very unwell. She's suffering from Hepatitis B, a critical form of Cirrohsis etc. and it's very complicated. She's been suffering from these liver ailments for a long long time now and I can't take her suffering any more. There was a time when she was getting better, but things have got real bad now.


We've shared so much for these years that its hard to put a finger on them. It's difficult to count the things we've enjoyed doing and how much I fear that those times are seldom going to be repeated now. I live in Delhi and she in Kolkata and we hardly spend time together. We often talk, and nowadays its more about the illness. She's always on my mind and am always worrying and anxious about her health.


Dear God, please cure her, please take care of her and grant her good health with Your Grace. I dont want to lose a great friend and a great part of my life. I dont want to lose my Mother again.