CLIFFHANGER…a short story
single day when I
haven't thought of you
both. I'm really sorry
darling. On this special
day, I'd like you to
know a few things that
remain the most special words said to me
by the most beautiful women on earth,
your mom!
I have been serving the Indian
army for the past 5 years. But the mission
that I got a year back was one of the
toughest I have ever been to. The night
before we started for the mission, I called
your mom and couldn't fathom how to
tell her that this might be the last time we
both will be talking to each other, this
might be the last time she'll listen to my
voice and me, hers, this might be the last
time that I’ll feel her embrace through her
words and this might be the last time we
could listen to each other’s heartbeat. I
couldn't fathom how to tell her all these.
But she could understand every pulse of
mine, she could understand every
emotion behind this heart that is strong
enough to serve the nation but is melted
at the very thought of moving away from
her. That night I just held the phone
thinking how I would tell her all these
and when she picked up the call, she
spoke to me not just words, but words
that carry meaning and each word gave
me strength to build up myself,
emotionally and mentally.
She said, when there’s enemy on
the other side of your battleground and
you fight with all your prowess and
strength, remember, “There’s just one
moment between life and death and you
never know when it will come. Life gives
us infinite moments before that one
moment and we have to live it to the
fullest. And you know you've lived life
that way. So hold no regrets, no pain and
no fear. Because all of those moments are
captured forever in our hearts. All the
memori