My mom was so sick and hospitalized for almost two years . I was 5 or 6 years old then. Few months before her major surgery (32 years back it was a big surgery and it was first of its kind done in that hospital) we were praying in our paternal grandpa's house (My father lost his dad at a very early age and his family was brought up by his maternal uncle. so we call him our grandpa).
A flower fell off from one of the deities during our prayer. One of my father's elderly cousin sister remarked that the flower fell off at the exact moment when she was praying for my mother's health . She said it's a good sign and our mother will live longer after the surgery. Yeah she was right.
My mother is leading a good and healthy life for last 32 years thanks to all the prayers from family, friends and relatives. This incident made me a believer.
We went on a vacation to India around Dec '06 - Jan '07. I had planned for the usual christmas party at our house and bought a dozen of kidsy flashlight as gift for kids attending the party. We cancelled the party due to my project deadline at work and upcoming India trip . I bought lot of fancy cars and trucks for baby boys in family/friends circle but we were able to pack only 25% of what we bought due to new US airline baggage policy (Singapore Airlines was allowing 32 lb at that time while the local flight allowed ony 22 lbs). All flash lights and toys stayed with us.
Next couple of months after our India trip, every kid walking into my house received a gift and I managed to give away almost everything. But Cow, zebra and tiger flash lights , a car and a truck stayed. Somehow they never went out of house inspite of my best efforts to dispose them. Now I believe it was a sign indicating NR's arrival.
The flashlights became NR's first official toy. He loved watching beam of light falling on the walls , roof and on headboard . That became my favourite mom - baby time when he was a baby.
The car and the truck are NR's fav toys right now. He lives, dreams and long for this Bu car (Blue car) and Kakar (red car). Looking back, I realise these toys were meant for NR.
Yes, I do believe in signs :) like this girl in this movie. BTW, " Fools rush in " is one of my 'all time favourite' movie.
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