mothers ..

आई
दिवसभर कितीही दंगा केला
तरी मला थोपटल्याशिवाय आई कधी झोपली नाही
घरापासुन दूर आता म्हणूनच कदाचित
शांत झोप कधी लागली नाही

कुणी विचारतं ..
"तुला घरी जावसं वाटत नाही?"
कसं सांगू त्यांना, घरातून निघताना
आईला मारलेली मिठी सोडवत नाही

आई, तू सांगायची गरज नाही
तुला माझी आठवण येते
आता माझ्यासाठि डबा करायचा नसतो
तरीहि तू सहा वाजताच उठतेस

तुझ्या हातचा चहा
तुझ्या हातची पोळी
तुझ्या हातची माझी नावडती भाजीही खायला
आता जीभ आसुसली

घरापासून दूर ...
आई जग खूप वेगळं आहे
तुझ्या सावलीत अगदी बिंनधास्त होते
आता रणरणंत ऊन आहे

तू आपल्या पिलांसाठी
सगळं केलंस ...
एक दिवस पिलं म्हणाली, "आई आता आम्हाला जायचंय" ...
आणि तू त्यांना जाऊ दिलंस

आई, तू इथे नाहीस
बाकी माझ्याकडे सगळं आहे
घरापासून दूर
जग खूप वेगळं आह

poet unknown

WHY I LOVE MUMs

Mum and Dad were watching TV when Mum said, "I'm tired, and it's getting
late. I think I'll go to bed"

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the
next day's lunches.
Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper
the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar
container, put spoons and bowls on the table and started the coffee pot
for brewing the next morning. She then put some wet clothes in the
dryer, put a load of clothes into the washer, ironed a shirt and secured
a loose button She picked up the game pieces left on the table, put the
phone back on the charger and put the telephone book into the drawer.
She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket and hung up a towel to
dry.

She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the
desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the
field trip, and pulled a text book out from hiding under the chair.

She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the
envelope and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near
her purse.

Mom then washed her face with 3 in 1 cleanser, put on her Night solution
& age fighting moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and filed her
nails.

Dad called out, "I thought you were going to bed."

"I'm on my way," she said.

She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside, then
made sure the doors were locked and the patio light was on.




She looked in on each of the kids and turned out their bedside lamps and
TV's, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks into the hamper, and had a
brief conversation with the one up still doing homework. In her own
room, she set the alarm; laid out clothing for the next day,
straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her 6 most
important things to do list. She said her prayers, and visualized the
accomplishment of her goals.




About that time, Dad turned off the TV and announced to no one in
particular. "I'm going to bed."




And he did...without another thought.




Anything extraordinary here? Wonder why women live longer...?




CAUSE WE ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL..... (and we can't die sooner, we
still have things to do!!!!)