My Grandmother: A 'Simple' Woman

There is freshness in old wine too. Take my grand mom for instance. Her ideas have always been out of the box, mainly because she had not a clue what the box was in the first place. A new saree for the bride- ask granny. Decoration of the 'green-room' at the wedding hall- granny's responsibility. She is older than most other grannys, with reference to my age of course, but I guess it's me that feels young when she's around.

But this has all changed. Granny has not been well for some time now. She had a violent attack of dehydration following a stomach upset, and she's never gotten better. This had even thrown the doctors into a spin, because there was little they could do to get such an aged body back on track. But miraculously, after struggling through stages of 'life' when she couldn't even crawl let alone walk on her own, she is healthy now.

My granny is the best. This I do not just say in the tone of any man who'd of course feel that his own granny is the best. It is a matter of acute disbelief to the doctor who treated her, that my granny has reached a stage of health she is in now. Not going into details of her medical progress (which I do not know properly myself), I'd say it was her habits that came to her rescue. She was never a one who had skipped a meal. She always brushed her teeth, though toothpaste was unheard of in her time. She kept matters of life just as she felt they should be- short and simple. She had had several children, but never went through a lean phase even during her menopause. She was always a person who one could count on to cheer him up, because she liked to talk things in the light of God, and actually convince a person of things like that through sheer innocence of belief.

If I am asked to sum up in a line what I have learnt of life through my granny, I'd say its 'simplicity of thought'. Never complicate things if they can be solved through simple means. This alone can lead to peace of mind in our old age, and keep us from feeling guilty of having done something wrong, long after we have lost the means to correct it.