Angel
We all have someone in our lives whom we are forever obliged to. For bringing the kind of peace of mind the eludes us in every interaction with the rest of the world. I have been blessed with two such people in my life.
Naming them would be difficult since the last time I named people on this blog, insecure girlfriends/boyfriends(chuckle 
) had them calling me and begging me to remove said reference. 
Apologies( Do people still Google their friends’ names to find some kind of sneaky scoop on them?? Isn’t Facebook better??)
However I would like to list down some things that I like about these angels, in a futile but emotionally rewarding attempt to honor their place in my life.
With them, I could:
- ramble on about anything that was bothering me and yet be assured that I was not being judged
- call at 3 am in the morning and not hear an irritable voice at the other end of the line
- be a tomboy without wearing a cap and talking about cricket/football
- feel like a girl without being gifted teddy bears
- be woken up every morning to study even though it was a well understood fact that I almost always went back to sleep
- talk about some of the most private and sensitive facets of my life and know that the information would not be used against me
- be taken care of without being made to feel like I was making someone dance to my every beck and call
- share a comfortable silence
I was given:
- loads of attention and pampering
- some solid unbiased advice
- a sound knocking for every moral mistake I made
- some awesome cooking tips and recipes
- unconditional love and unwavering priority
- some beautiful memories involving the best scenery that Goa has to offer
I miss:
- chatting for hours without having to think of topics
- the moral support (for want of better words)
- gentle reprimands and exasperated ‘i told you so’s
- listening to frank sinatra and elvis presley and dancing
- drives and rides that took me all over my beloved goa
It was amazing to have someone mean it when they called:
- a pipsqueak/squirt like me ‘lovely’
- an shipwreck like me ‘strong’
- Dids, TP, Tai, DD
“If there is any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it’s the necessary hope that perhaps it was for the best.”
— Paulo Coelho The Witch of Portobello
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