Rains in Mid December 2012

I simply love the Month of December,for no reasons. If there are any, it could be silly, that my birthday falls on this month.Generally, its the dawn of winter, the nice breeze, it makes everything bright like the trees, plants, people even. Winter in UAE is even more interesting! its like the Fairy after the Devil. Desert, extreme climates. Me and me Husband enjoyed it the last time, in 2009. But now, with kids, winter is quite challenging. We have supermarkets here, run by Malayale's. You get almost everything there, which we get in our home. I was looking for this "Karupatti" Jaggery made from Palm tree, to make "ChukkuKaapi" - My mom's instant medicine for relief of anything like cold, cough, head ache, body pain. Unable to find, i asked the mallu guy in the counter, to show where was it. Couldn't find why he always sends the Filipino Guy to Jaggery, everytime, i ask him "KARUPATTI". This time, i went back and told him, if you don't have, tell me you cannot provide, or when can you make an order of it. Dont just show me Jaggery instead of Karuppati. For almost a week, everyone in the family were sick, with the winter bound illness.Me and my Husband, were irritated, because Christmas was nearing, and many works were pending. Frequent hospital visits added our pressure, and fuel to the fire is our Ped. Doctor was on emergency leave, that we had to visit the other lady ped. doc. who was kind of irritating. With only one doctor in the clinic, and too many patients added up our Greif. My Husband never intereferes in the household. any small help asked for, he will do. Else he loves to be lazy at home. And My bad habit, i will do anything, for my kids and Husband, and when it comes to me, i feel bored or not interested. Almost a week, my kids were down, and me with watery eyes, nose and cough, taking care of them. And this "Karupatti" we were so unlucky, we didn't get it. Sometimes, Anto does things so Simply, he bought a pack of readymade instant chukkukaapi and said, this is for you. That evening Review Cons. was due for our son, with the lady Ped. Doc. Anto asked me to start from 4 in the evening, an when we started it was 6. Red was his face, still, he didn't show it. To the Surprise of eveyone, the whole Clinic was crowded with Ped. Patients. When we registered, we were the 25th Patient. Nearly around 3 hours, we were waiting, we saw 2 young girls aged 14 and 10. the elder one sat beside me, and the mother made the younger one sit the elder's lap. I thought, may be because of space constraint, then i recognised, the younger child is wth special needs when i saw her pulling the elder's hair badly. the elder one, was smiling on the younger, i knew it would pain very badly. then the parents came. looking closely the spl. baby was wearing diapers and socks. she couldn't walk and no shoes hence. Three hours, with our twins, and they were with the spl.baby. Everytime, i go to the clinic, the other parents, would look at me, with Pity, to see me running a the back of two, everywhere around the clinic. This time,the spl. Kid draw the attention of everyone. I just thought, if i am little taxed, what would i tell about the girl's parents. They were happy looking after her, not only the parents but also the young sister. we know how much a 10 year old will weigh, i was carrying my son, while the father,of the kid was carrying her, walking in the corridors of the clinic. I saw the mother feeding the little one with sipper, just as i do, with my kids. I simply smiled at the parents, just to hide, whatever emotions i had inside. Met the doc. and returned home, but my heart was little Heavy. Blessed be the Little girl, the elder sister and their Parents.