The Pain of Separation :(

All of us would have experienced the pain of separation at least once in our lives

For me its been a continuous journey as life.

There have been times when people whom we consider as our own move away from us, though for our own good.

The initial separation was when i had to stay away from my parents at the tender age of 5 pursue my studies. Mom had to stay with dad in his town of work and since she wanted me to have a good education was made to join school in a different place than where they stayed. Though i stayed at my Gran's place missed my parents a lot and also the warmth of my mom's hug. Everyday after school and after finishing the day's homework would stand near the gate looking forward to see my dad's jeep in the pretext of waiting for my grand-dad. Many a times had to conceal my tears so as to not worry my Grand parents.

Would re-read the letters written by mom (Those were the days when there were very not many telephones).

and in the night would cry into the pillow for a long time till i slept.

Made a few friends at school but the only friends were my uncle and cousin with whom i would play after school.

My parents would come twice in a month and would stay for three to four days which seemed too less.. On the day they left for the other city, i would take my position near the gate and keep looking at them till they were out of my view.

I would look forward to visit my parents during my holidays.

Then as years went by, when i was in 5th standard, sister joined me here and in a few days mom too joined us.. Then it was the turn to miss my dad, who would come every week-end. Now that i had mom with me, i started faring well in my studies (better than before).

As years went by, had to join a new school leaving behind my friends of 7 years and start a new journey. Found it very difficult to adjust to the new environment.Made a few friends and the end of three years had to move out of the school to join a college. It was very saddening as we knew that most of us would be in different colleges pursuing the career of our choice.

After 2 years of Pre-university education( during which i started penning my thoughts in my diary to Sahrudhi ), joined engineering which changed the course of my life. During these 4 years learnt a lot about life. It was here that i met Aruna who showed me the real meaning of friendship. We would go to college together, sit beside each other, lunch together and study together. She had to discontinue her third year and again i was left alone. We stopped meeting each other due to various personal reasons. Those days in college was very boring as i had lost my only friend. Then came another friend in my life who taught another face of life. I trusted her only to realize at a later stage that i was being used as a tissue. But one good thing is she introduced me to a friend of hers who eventually turned out to be a great friend of mine. This person helped me a lot on my personal and career front. But as the saying goes- 'all good things have to come to an end', this person too ventured away from my life at a time when i needed a friend the most. :( 

Again the journey of loneliness started..