by ASRA AHMED

Created on: August 04, 2009

MY GRANDMOTHER.(NANO AMMI):

IT was the night between 13 and 14 January 2009. time was about three In the night, when I was awakened while lying In my bed I was shaking, It took me some time to realize whys and whats of my shaking but before realizing that I realized It was not myself that was shaking me but my father who was looking at me and was shaking me, I was amazed and confused, I opened my eyes properly to let my father talk to me, he said In a low voice.

"Beta(son) go to your mother In our bedroom, I am going out to buy a card to call Pakistan because your uncle just called now and told me that Nano ammi's(my mother's mom) condition has become serious, go to mom and pray."

With saying this he went away while I lazily walked towards mom's bedroom, when I saw her, she was crying because she had already guessed or felt something wrong, because my grandmother was so much sick and doctors had told us not to raise our hopes high for her but of course there were lit the weakly flickering candles of hopes In our heart. I sat besides my mother and told her not to be worried, everything would be fine, I was a bit frightened In my heart but I pushed those thoughts away and slept but when my mothers sobbing sound reached my ears I knew that my mum's heart had felt what nothing else In the world would have ever felt, I tried to crush the thoughts that were raising their heads In my mind, but they would not die away from their position, I was half sleepy and half awake when I heard the door closing, my father had returned.

He went to kid's bedroom and sat on my brother's bed and dialed my uncle's no. I went to him and asked him what was the matter, he asked me to pray, I felt sick at heart because my father was always open to us but at that time he was being a bit mysterious he called my uncle and talked to him, may be talked would be an Inappropriate word because he mainly communicated with hmms, yeses okays, I was praying and was anxious to know and at the same time not to know what was wrong? Then my father walked to my mom and said in a low and quiet voice:

"Well, as we all know that everyone has to die one day and has to go back to Allah."

At which my mother nodded and in a voice which it was wet with tears water said:

" please, tell me what happened? Tell.....me."

And at this my father said :

"INNALLILLAHI WA INNA ALAIHI RA JI OON"(WE say it when someone dies)

I had already realized that but when my father said these words I lost all the emotions for a second, and

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