For him every day counts....
Every time I come home, Dad is very happy, because he can have food of his choice frequently, especially non-veg. He expects me to bring mutton curry from a hotel near my house which is very famous, and I do that every time. He does not have any other interest except eating tasty food, and we have been pushing him to move as much as he can, which he is very reluctant to do. The other thing that is interesting for him is to sleep - he sleeps 2-3 hours in the day and then around 10-11 hours in the night - Mom and me always wonder, how he can sleep for such long hours. But probably that is the secret of his energy - I slept like that probably three decades back.
He does not have any interest to go to places, unless absolutely needed for financial cause, like giving the life certificate once in a year, which usually should happen in the November - December time frame. Last November, he as well as me forgot about that and his pension was stopped, and we even didn't realize that because nobody looks at his account on a regular basis. It's only after somebody from the bank called us, we came to know and one of my close friend helped us by taking him to the bank and do the needful. Next time, we will have to watchful, but that is when, this question came to discussion between our friends - How much is a year of your life worth ?
Did it ever came in your mind and you asked yourself ? Do you evaluate it in terms of how much you can earn or financial context or do you evaluate in terms of quality of life ? It can be so complicated as well as so simple based on how you measure the worth, isn't it ?
Some people rarely stop to ask this question to themselves, some never ask it, Dad belong to the later category - I have never asked that to myself until this discussion came up but now I am evaluating it for myself, about which I will write later.
For Dad, the value was always evaluated in terms of joy as far as I have seen, as he never worried about anything else. And for us, a year of his life is priceless - every day matters. His joy is always in simple things like eating and sleeping, and unfortunately, his water intake is now restricted and nobody knows what's ahead. So I decided to shoot the first reel of Dad as I am in my native and it took some time to find out a proper track to match and come up with the final outcome :
Let me know, if you like it or it could have been done better. When I showed this to Dad, he was delighted - everyone in this world probably loves to look at his nice part. Spending time with them as much as I can and seeing them happy is probably the biggest joy for a kid, as we will be always for them.
Before I wrap, few more snaps I captured - this post will be a golden addition to my memoir on this chain. I will try to create more and more reels on Dad....I am sure, later, everyone will love to see these.
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