Showing posts with label Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hope. Show all posts

Travertine pools & sunlit hues!

 

For the rest of the 9 nine days we were in Turkey, our mornings were crazy! The climate being moderately cool to chilly, curling up under the covers be it in our cozy hotel at Istanbul, the cave hotel at Cappadocia, the flirty Ramada at Antalya or while at peaceful Pamukkale was especially appealing with it being a dream vacation. But were we going to go spend the best hours of the day under the covers? Nooooooooo! 

The break of every dawn saw us wake up groggy from the previous late night, craving a few more winks but with absolutely no lack of zest for the day that lay before us. Seeing each other every morning was a reminder that we were doing something incredible that would remain with us for life.  

The one time I woke up first, I tried to crawl back into my warm sheets after switching off the alarm hoping I wasn't spotted but the alarm was too loud! So while I began to get ready first (or was forced to rather!), they got a few extra minutes to shut-eye! Hmphhh!

The Road Back Home..

 "Hilda!! Mole(daughter).. wake up...Hilda "  "mm...Amma....Amma, which morning is this? School morning or TV morning?"  The most beautiful face looking at me breaks into a smile and says " it's time for Tom and Jerry... Ettan(Big brother) has switched the TV on already..come on..." A pair of small hands go up in the air, only to be lifted up with a lot of love and I slump back drowsily on to warm, familiar shoulders...Shoulders which will never let me fall,  never let anything harm me, shoulders of my dear mom..