Married for 31 years, 2 months and 17 days
Six cups coffee a day, brewed everyday of marriage
Three meals a day,
At least two dishes cooked, each meal-time
One snack for every Sunday
Big basket of clothes ironed every Tuesday
Average 18 items of clothing washed per day
Three children
1 miscarriage
One mother-in-law suffered
900 sq metre of floor space mopped, once a day
One caesarean endured
3 chicken poxes, 2 measles, 2 fractures, 8 diarrhoeas, depression, conjunctivitis every summer, 1 tonsilitis and countless common colds and flues
1 job held for 29 years
6 hours slept every night
Sex tolerated every 2nd week
Religious rituals everyone of them, carried out
Not one of them, believed in
Lived 52 years and some
Died exhausted
Overheard, “At least she had the satisfaction of having lived for her family”
http://jikku.blogspot.com/2005/02/quick-tale-3.html#c111042815438237631
3 comments:
Reminds me of Ambai's writings. Good one
so many rich nuances..great read.
Once more..you have a way with words. Very nicely put. And as I read, I could see the images of so many friends and relatives flashing by.
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