Tale 73

She was an architect by profession
And an extremely introvert delicate girl
She was raised in a house of working parents and was independent of sorts
She knew how to take care of herself...
She was happy to attend a job in a firm....
Working long hours was a way of life...
As a plaint and dutiful employee her boss was almost always happy to burden her with work which by default would always be more than what she was supposed to be doing....
She learnt flute over the weekends and was good at it...
She obviously always walked right by her noseline looking nowhere but front...
Her parents got her married to someone from their religion caste and subcaste...
They matched horoscopes and made sure everything was close to perfect....
Her husband was handsome with a high paying job...
She had to however let go of her job since her husband had to travel....
They changed 3 cities in 3 years of marriage....
She went on from becoming a career conscious woman to a housewife...
All she got to do was plan meals cook clean read n paint when she felt like...
Of course she was happy in doing so..
It indeed was a welcome break from her hectic schedule before marriage....
She slowed down and enjoyed marital bliss...
She loved her husband to bits....
Her husband treated her with respect....
Her in laws were bossy of sorts but she kept her patience on place...
Holding up herself whenever she visited them...
She was bullied into doing most of the household work camouflaging it in words like you cook so well that we are addicted to your cooking....
She felt better n cooked n cleaned...
She was an obedient daughter in law and a near to perfect wife....
It was about time they thought of having a baby....
She conceived...
Pregnancy was tough given her delicate structure and morning sickness and some infections here n there...
A sweetest baby girl was born...
While she was at her mother's house for delivery she relaxed to the core
She realised how she had missed this pampering for the longest time ever...
As soon as the baby was three months old she returned to her home...
Unfortunately her husband kept travelling and she needed support to raise the baby...
She naively accepted the proposal of staying with her in laws...
Once she went to their place she got bombarded with suggestions about raising the baby in their pattern...
Motherhood brought such assertiveness in her that she firmly put her foot down in matters that she felt she knew better....
With polite tone but an confident aggression she expressed her views...
They were taken aback at this transformation...
Nevertheless she did get talking....
A baby gives birth to a mother rightly said....
She quickly took decisions of shifting back to her home to be with her husband who still kept travelling
She hired ample domestic help to look after her baby and rejoined flute...
She practiced her music lessons in the evenings while the maids took her baby out for a stroll...
She gave her first solo performance as a flautist on the second birthday of her baby...
She was pressurised to go in for a second child however she Aggressively refused this time....
Motherhood not only gave her a purpose in life but a reason to speak for herself....
Her individuality was back...
She wasn't guilty in Giving herself time that she deserved rightfully...
Her individuality was right in place and so was her self respect...
She was happy with one baby and decided to nurture her second baby well
Her flute....
Her husband and parents were proud of her
Slowly the in laws realised that she had proved them wrong...
She became a well known name in the music scene while being one of the most alive and cheerful mothers in the parents teachers meet of her daughters school...
While her husband still travels extensively for work she chose to stay put at one place back home for the good of her daughter and herself...
She still looks delicate but isn't docile anymore...
She never regrets that she didn't get to practice architecture nor does she lets her husband miss having another offspring...
She aspires to be a music therapist as she seriously completes the coursework and internship in her city
She has started training music enthusiasts in flute on weekends...
One of her student's Is her own Husband...
While their young daughter loves playing Lego but isn't inclined much towards flute...
And they know its okay and it really actually is...
She d be someone or anyone she wants to be..
The family knows it... With experience...
Not all tales need to have drama or some profound lesson....

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- Prajakta Sathe.