Aarav planted something for you
For waking up before the sun so I never missed the school bus
For saying you were not hungry when there was one piece left
For every phone call that begins with “have you eaten?”
For believing in me on the days I gave you no reason to
For showing me that being kind is not the same as being weak
For a home I can always come back to
Finish what is on your plate, and what you start.
Call people back.
Save a little. Give a little.
Nobody remembers the marks. They remember how you treated them.
Dear Maa,
I do not say it enough, so I am writing it down where you can read it twice. Everything good in me started with you. The patience I do not always have, the stubbornness I definitely have, the habit of feeding everyone who walks through the door. I used to think you just knew how to do all of it. Now I know you were working it out as you went, and tired, and doing it anyway. Thank you. For all of it.
— Aarav
Still growing, because of you
Aarav
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