Beautiful Eyes
I remember the day we had accidentally bumped into each other… As we picked the scattered books, our eyes met. The first thing you had said instead of an apology was, “You have beautiful eyes!”. I had smiled despite the pain.That was the beginning of a long relationship.Today, after a frantic search when I found you sitting on the curb, every part of my body sighed with relief. As I wrapped my arms around you, to take us home, you turned around with no recognition or remembrance and said, “You have beautiful eyes!” I smiled despite the pain.
September 21st is World Alzheimer’s Day. We are blogging for this cause at Write Tribe. Do read and spread the awareness about this initiative. Thank you!
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June 8, 2013 9:51 pm|
That’s what love is… to be with the person you love in every thick and thin of life.
Beautiful story in 100 words. And yes i repeat, that’s not easy.
Loved the way you have ended both the parts with same expression. Though the magnitude of love and pain must have increased manifold.
June 12, 2013 5:09 pm|
Well said, Preeti. Love is for all seasons… it is when you put someone on a pedestal, and they fall – but you are there to catch them.
Thanks. Glad you liked it 🙂
June 9, 2013 3:33 am|
Beautiful!
June 12, 2013 5:09 pm|
Thanks Swaram 🙂
June 9, 2013 3:35 am|
That was something…:-)
June 12, 2013 5:10 pm|
Thks Janaki 🙂
June 9, 2013 4:58 am|
it must be so agonising that ur loved one has no memory of you….and to love that person in spite of it takes a lot of courage and love..
June 13, 2013 9:39 am|
True, it must be so dreadful for an spouse to find that their ill half is lost so deep in the Alzheimer’s tunnel that they are unaware of their surroundings, and worst of all, no longer know who their partners are. It sure is a tough life and needs a lot of love and patience too!
June 9, 2013 5:20 am|
Interesting! Am curious to know who this person was.
June 12, 2013 5:17 pm|
Her husband 🙂
June 9, 2013 5:26 am|
🙂
beautiful !
June 12, 2013 5:18 pm|
Thank you H 🙂
June 9, 2013 5:47 am|
I feels such sorrow for people whose loved ones have no memory of them – or don’t seem to show any. I watched an elderly couple in the park the other day, and marvelled at the lady’s tenacity to deal with a husband who was clearly suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Your writing is getting better and better, Shilpa. ♥
June 12, 2013 5:20 pm|
It must be surely so tough when a loved one suffers from this mental illness.
Thanks a lot, Corinne! Means a lot :)) ♥
June 9, 2013 6:12 am|
That was just beautiful, Shilpa! You conveyed so much in a few words!
June 12, 2013 5:21 pm|
Thank you Smitha! 🙂
June 9, 2013 6:29 am|
Lovely story, filled with irony.
June 12, 2013 5:21 pm|
Life’s like that for some, sadly!
June 9, 2013 7:34 am|
Oh that was sad and yet so beautifully conveyed! 🙂
June 12, 2013 5:22 pm|
Thank you Deeps 🙂
June 9, 2013 7:51 am|
Reminded me so many movies I watched !
even if its painful its some thing beautiful
June 12, 2013 5:26 pm|
I remember reading about A Beautiful Mind which portrays paranoid schizophrenia and delusional episodes suffered by Russell Crowe. Can you share the movies where Alzheimer is talked about!?!
June 12, 2013 6:42 pm|
Notebook.
June 12, 2013 6:44 pm|
Thanks for sharing that Preeti 🙂
June 9, 2013 9:39 am|
Reality is stranger than fiction!
Destination Infinity
June 12, 2013 5:26 pm|
True 🙂
June 9, 2013 1:59 pm|
Love and pain………….beautifully narrated!!!
June 12, 2013 5:27 pm|
Thank you 🙂
June 9, 2013 4:12 pm|
A touching story so beautifully written in hundred words! Kudos, Shilpa.
June 12, 2013 5:27 pm|
Thanks a lot, Shail 🙂
June 9, 2013 5:10 pm|
Touched !!
Bhagyashree
June 12, 2013 5:28 pm|
Thks Bhagyashree 🙂
June 9, 2013 5:56 pm|
So nice, Shilpa! So much sadness there.
June 12, 2013 5:30 pm|
It must be such a trying time for the partner! 😐
June 9, 2013 6:54 pm|
Nice story. It can have so many angles to it. Reading all the above comments pointed to the fact – everyone is thinking of different reasons for him sitting on the curb. 🙂
June 13, 2013 9:38 am|
Is it? I guess, everybody has interpreted it as a person suffering from memory loss or Alzheimer’s!
June 9, 2013 7:10 pm|
The ache of love seems to have added beauty to those eyes that have seen the world in all its colors, love gained, lost and yet lived for… Very touching tale Shilpa!!
June 12, 2013 5:33 pm|
You have summed it so beautifully, Reshma! Thanks 🙂
June 10, 2013 8:15 am|
Beautiful Shilpa!
June 12, 2013 5:35 pm|
Thank you Jaishree 🙂
June 10, 2013 9:22 am|
Beautiful story Shilpa!
June 12, 2013 5:35 pm|
Thks Seena 🙂
June 10, 2013 10:06 am|
thts almost heartbreaking shilpa…. well written
June 12, 2013 5:36 pm|
It is! 😐
June 10, 2013 8:27 pm|
very touching, Shilpa! I feel deeply for the people who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s
June 13, 2013 9:40 am|
True, a caregiver’s job is certainly not easy, when a spouse is suffering from Alzheimer’s. No matter what the relationship was before — the disease would change it completely and that would be so trying and exhausting!
June 11, 2013 6:38 pm|
Beautiful 100 words. Loved the emotion in this.
June 12, 2013 5:40 pm|
Thanks Jyothi! 🙂
June 13, 2013 9:33 am|
Alzheimers is painful for the person who has it and people around that person. Very moving post.
June 13, 2013 10:17 am|
True, it affects and changes the lives of everybody around the patient!!
Thanks Vinita, glad you liked it 🙂
June 14, 2013 3:13 am|
How heartbreaking. That is a love that lasts and conquers everything.
Kathy
http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com
June 14, 2013 4:42 pm|
Well said, Kathy! Love is all powerful and can give you lots of strength to bear anything!
June 14, 2013 6:56 am|
Wow, beautifully written! Indeed moving…
June 14, 2013 4:42 pm|
Thanks Meghna!
June 16, 2013 3:04 am|
awwww…sad noo 🙁 but very touching..
September 21, 2014 8:05 pm|
Thanks Latha!
June 26, 2013 11:14 am|
Wow SG, that was tender!
September 21, 2014 8:06 pm|
Thank you Anil!
September 21, 2014 11:45 pm|
The first the physical pain caused by bumping into another, the second the mental pain on account of the helpless state of the loved one.
Truly touching Shilpa.
October 4, 2014 8:39 pm|
Thanks Geeta! Glad you liked it!
September 22, 2014 9:06 am|
Aww! Very touching.
Eyes are the same. But, the memory is no more…
October 4, 2014 8:39 pm|
Thank you Anita! Yes, sad na?!
September 22, 2014 1:34 pm|
Very inspiring and so painful to take care of the person who suffers, thanks for sharing !
October 4, 2014 8:40 pm|
It must be really emotionally challenging for the care-giver! 🙁
September 22, 2014 2:48 pm|
I feel so bad thinking about what these people might go through 🙁
October 4, 2014 8:41 pm|
Me too, for both the patient and the caregiver 🙁
October 4, 2014 8:37 pm|
You have given a whole new meaning to this fiction. How difficult it would be for the person who is suffering from it and for the people living with the sufferer to go through such a pain. Love is the shade in harsh sun!
October 4, 2014 8:42 pm|
Thanks Shesha! Glad you liked this attempt!