The Visitor in a Small Body
A grey day it was. It had been like that since morning. I didn’t think the sun was going to come out. It was drizzling lightly. I thought of stopping by the park before going home. I just wanted to unwind after the whirlwind shopping. Ramya, my old time friend, had to do all her shopping at the last minute. Thankfully she was leaving tonight. My feet were killing me! It was nearing 6 o’clock and I knew I did not have much time. Vidyut, my son, had his flute class at 7pm. The weather being the way it was, the park was nearly empty. Here and there few children were playing. Their parents cajoling them to come away as evening would soon be upon. I smiled remembering how some six years back I was doing the same thing with Vidyut. He was always happy being outside the house. Always happy to be with lots of company, irrelevant was it if he knew them or not. It was so simple to put him into play school. As soon as he crossed the doorstep of his school he would forget that I had come to d...