The day is marked for a new beginning for my daughter.The day she was born, I first time in my life realized the strange bond between the mother and the daughter. And today, she is betrothed to be married to her life partner. Today when her wiould be in-laws surrrounded her and she sat smugly sitting smiling among them, something snapped inside me. And when she was sitting with her would be husband, and looked at me with those bright eyes, sparkling with dreams and suddenly our eyes locked for a moment, her eyes brimmed over with tears. I was literally in tears, why a daughter is to be given to someone in marriage?
Looking in retrospect, I wondered about the myriad roles that I myself am playing in my life. Of all the roles that I play, which one I play with ease? I remember starting as a daughter and a sester and then graduating to a wife's role which in turn brought alongwith many other side roles and then the catapult when I became a mother and now a motherr-in-law. Along with a new role for my daughter, a new role for me was also waiting in the wings. Today when in our family photograph, Vikrant also joined, I suddenly was overwhelmed by a strange sense of love for him, as if he was my own son. Is it the way my daughter would also be feeling towards all other new relatives of her life? Yes, I am sure she also would be having the same surge of emotions in her heart and the sparkle of tesrs in her eyes was the proof that the beginning of new bonds had a little trouble to her as her earlier bonds were quite strong. It is not that the new would replace te earlier ones but the balancing of the bonds that would make her re-adjust her life. Her emotional investment would be taxing in the beginning but would bring forthe the dividends to her later on. I want her to give her best and in full to the new family that is goning to embrace her as a daughter-in-law.
Go my dear daughter to her new life and lead a happy life. Love them as your own people and you'll be successful playing alll the roles that the life expects you to play!
May God bless you!