Three months back, I stood at the same place on International Airport, Mumbai, bidding farewell to my brother.... Teary eyed but hopeful, gloomy but happy for my kid brother.. Full of mixed emotions....
After 3 months, I am at the same place, waving off one more bird flying out of the nest... With same emotions wrenching my heart!!
For me, I share a very deep and a mystical bond with my brother... May not look like the ones that other brother sister duo would share... I have rather a more motherly approach to him as he is so much younger to me!
And so, when my brother left abroad for his studies, I felt as if my kid was parting from me...
While I was thinking about this, my kid brother probably was already thinking of the future that lay ahead.... Not that he didn't already miss the family but then, for him it was the big world waiting outside.
How things change... A toddler who was running around me has suddenly grown up, living on his own and trying to make his mark... Suddenly, I am feeling old and lonely :(
However, I have more reasons to be happy :)... The birds who flew out have spread their wings wide. It won't be long before they scale more and more heights!
P.S: by the way, I wrote this one when I went to see off my brother's very very close friend who is more like a family to us.
