Blogger: Starry Nights
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It is a warm summer evening, she sits alone at a Star-Bucks cafe.Through the window she can see couples holding hands walking along the beach, children making sand castles,and surfers riding the waves.It is a beautiful evening, calm and serene but she feels sad and lonely.
She takes a sip of her Caramel Frappucchino,first she tastes the fresh cream then the sweetnes of the caramel and the bitter taste of the coffee.The coffee had to be stirred so the wonderful taste would evolve.So was her life, bland ,sweet and bitter all mixed in one.Today all she can feel is the bitterness inside her.
Her thoughts take her back to the day she met Rajesh.She was but a teenager full of fun and excitement.He was the shy handsome teen that everyone was after.They fell in love and a few years later were married and left India to come to the united States.She was sad to leave her parents and all the people she loved but she had to.Her life was with Rajesh .They started from humble beginnnings and made it, had everything they wished for, but yet something was missing,why would he hurt her if he really loved her.
It was a beautiful evening and they had driven down the road to a local Diner to get some food.Rajesh went in and she stayed in the car.It was a Friday evening and everyone in the neighborhood was here,while she was waiting she looked out of the window and saw the full moon against the shadow of the hills and clouds, it was a beautiful picture, something that had to be captured and shared with her blogger friends.She reaches for his cell phone to take a picture but stumbles on the buttons and all she sees is several messages from a lady who was a family friend.He was having an affair. She was shocked,how long has this been going on,so many questions and no answers.She confronts him when he returns,he admits to it but says he is sorry and it will not happen again.He says that this lady does not mean anything to him,it was a stupid thing to have done.She walks home alone,her mind is swirling she does not know what to do.
It has been two days.today she sits all alone at Star Bucks,wondering what she has to do.She had given this man her life, he was the only man she had known, yet today he feels like a stranger.Should she forgive him and stay or should she leave him."Is it a selfish woman who thinks only of her happiness and leaves or is she looked on as a strong person." Is the person who forgives and stays a weak woman " she ponders over these questions."Does the pain ever go away,can you forget the past and trust this man again?" She has no answers. There are no winners when one leaves.There is pain all around, for yourself,family and children.
She has to go back home to her husband and children.One may consider her a weak woman for doing this but as she drinks her caramel frappucchino she thinks"Life is like this coffee,many flavors in one.you have to taste the bitter to enjoy the sweetness,the sadness to enjoy happiness.
She has to try, may be give it another chance.How can one's life that was so good be marred with one bad choice."Maam, would you like another cup of coffee" "No Thanks" she replies. and hurry's back home.
Blog: http://stargazer-lalitha.blogspot.com
It is a warm summer evening, she sits alone at a Star-Bucks cafe.Through the window she can see couples holding hands walking along the beach, children making sand castles,and surfers riding the waves.It is a beautiful evening, calm and serene but she feels sad and lonely.
She takes a sip of her Caramel Frappucchino,first she tastes the fresh cream then the sweetnes of the caramel and the bitter taste of the coffee.The coffee had to be stirred so the wonderful taste would evolve.So was her life, bland ,sweet and bitter all mixed in one.Today all she can feel is the bitterness inside her.
Her thoughts take her back to the day she met Rajesh.She was but a teenager full of fun and excitement.He was the shy handsome teen that everyone was after.They fell in love and a few years later were married and left India to come to the united States.She was sad to leave her parents and all the people she loved but she had to.Her life was with Rajesh .They started from humble beginnnings and made it, had everything they wished for, but yet something was missing,why would he hurt her if he really loved her.
It was a beautiful evening and they had driven down the road to a local Diner to get some food.Rajesh went in and she stayed in the car.It was a Friday evening and everyone in the neighborhood was here,while she was waiting she looked out of the window and saw the full moon against the shadow of the hills and clouds, it was a beautiful picture, something that had to be captured and shared with her blogger friends.She reaches for his cell phone to take a picture but stumbles on the buttons and all she sees is several messages from a lady who was a family friend.He was having an affair. She was shocked,how long has this been going on,so many questions and no answers.She confronts him when he returns,he admits to it but says he is sorry and it will not happen again.He says that this lady does not mean anything to him,it was a stupid thing to have done.She walks home alone,her mind is swirling she does not know what to do.
It has been two days.today she sits all alone at Star Bucks,wondering what she has to do.She had given this man her life, he was the only man she had known, yet today he feels like a stranger.Should she forgive him and stay or should she leave him."Is it a selfish woman who thinks only of her happiness and leaves or is she looked on as a strong person." Is the person who forgives and stays a weak woman " she ponders over these questions."Does the pain ever go away,can you forget the past and trust this man again?" She has no answers. There are no winners when one leaves.There is pain all around, for yourself,family and children.
She has to go back home to her husband and children.One may consider her a weak woman for doing this but as she drinks her caramel frappucchino she thinks"Life is like this coffee,many flavors in one.you have to taste the bitter to enjoy the sweetness,the sadness to enjoy happiness.
She has to try, may be give it another chance.How can one's life that was so good be marred with one bad choice."Maam, would you like another cup of coffee" "No Thanks" she replies. and hurry's back home.
1 comment:
Life's Many Flavor's. This is a wonderful title and reflection of each person's journey through life events of learning. Thanks for sharing.
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