memories...

I came to listen to "ye raate na ee purani...from Julie and that was it. All the old memories started flowing. I recalled those days spent at Fidvi Mahal. The naughtiness, the mischievous rendezvous on first floor with all of us behind the closed doors, the beatings I got for cheating at a game of langdi or hide&seek! Seven fists from every player...on my back & it hurt! Everyone hit hard enough to cause pain...but there were a few of them who'd go easy everytime. Why? U know who you are, I need not drop names!

I would sneek the keys while my mum & aunts slept during their routine afternoon naps. We'd all get in...go out the back door & lock the front door with its old fashion lock. Wonder if mum still has that lock. I would like to hold on to that!
Those were the days...that was the childhood I remember and cherish.....those were the days! The days gone by, days I wish my children would have had. It wasn't all about gadgets or texting, it was all about FUN...about having all those you loved by you!!! It was about being a child....our kids sad to say will never know that!!!