We met our guardian angel after 42 years
By
P.R.Ramachander
The year was 1972 and
I was working in Coimbatore at that time. My wife had presented me with our
first son. I got a senior class I gazetted job
in Central tobacco Institute in
Rajamundry and after despatching all our household goods by TVS , I
arrived at the new Institute.One of my
office people called Nalam got me a house
for rent there.My landlady who was
a Ph.D in Leather biochemistry
and who had been unfortunately widowed was living in one portion along with
her two kids- a boy and a girl. My father
, in laws and my wife with our
new son came and joined me there. My wife who did not know Telugu
and though a graduate was not confident enough to converse in English.
Within a minute after we occupied our house. Our landlady the three of us under her protective wings. WE used to call
her Aunty. My son who had several
health problems as a baby was her baby
right from that time and wife became younger
sister of Aunty. I became uncle
to both her kids Rani and Babu. It was an
extremely miserable
financial emergency for both of
us. Once all our responsibilities were fulfilled, the money that I took home was a pittance .WE used to struggle to make both ends meet and there were times during
the month end that We did not have
money to pay
for Baby food. Being in a new place
and being one of the senior most
officers of the Institute, I used
to feel shy to ask for loan.But Our Goddess, our guardian angel Aunty
decided that we were hers and our problems was hers. About 2 years
later we had a baby girl who was the pet of Aunty and was 100% of the
time with Aunty.I got a transfer to
Bangalore after 3 years competing with 85 candidates and tearfully Aunty bid us farewell.Just before we left Rani was requested
by her school to write
and act in an English Drama
during the children’s day and It was
the only Drama that I wrote in life . Two years later Rani
got I rank in Andhra Pradesh
matriculation examination and she is
now one of the famous opthomologists
in USA and Babu is a lawyer in
Rajhamundry.
A few days
back we went on a pilgrimage to few important temples of Kona seema and met our Goddess
and protective angel once again
with eyes bathed in tears. Our
Aunty is as cheerful as earlier and blessed
us. She was the greatest
Goddess whom we saluted
during our tour.
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