Lame
Maya

Share this Broadcast

share

Subscribe to this author

subscribe

Message This Author

contact

Star this author

stars

Subscribe

subscribe

Home

go to your pnn homepage

Start_blogging

start blogging

HelpFlag this Broadcast
LOGIN LOGOUT Home
Politics
change, news, views
Green
Living an eco-friendly life
Money & Careers
Building your financial fitness
Family
Moms, dads, kids
Diversions
Kick back, relax
Style
From runway to real world
DIY
handmade, homemade, more
World
Going global
Well-Being
Everything for body and soul
A&E
a dose of 'cultcha'
Living
the good, the bad, the messy
Gossip
Pssst: The scoop on celebs
Contests

Image

Phone calls in the night

Posted by Maya Posted on: 06/23/08

Phone calls in the night

As a kid growing up in America, my biggest fear was hearing the phone ring in the middle of the night. It seemed ominous, and the very idea brought with it a sense of foreboding. My grandparents, living thousands of miles away in India, were the cause of my concern - what if something happened to them? In all likelihood, it would result in a phone call in the middle of the night.

Last night, the phone rang at 4 am, but I didn't hear it. It was about my grandmother, who has been rushed to the hospital. Things are tense and touch-and-go right now, and who knows how this latest health scare is going to end, but it made me realize something else.

I've reached the age of 22 (and almost 23) without encountering phone calls in the night, despite my fear. There have been at least two, but I've never heard them, and only one of them was to announce a death, that of my grandfather at the age of 88, five years ago. I am an incredibly lucky and blessed individual that I have grown up knowing all my grandparents, and that at 80+ years, three of them are still with me. I don't know how much longer this will be the case, but I do know that I am very thankful that they have been in my life, and that I've gotten to know them.



0Vote!
Links

Leave a Comment


about us | contact | terms | privacy | advertise | help | press | feedback