Embarking in life after sixties
Women irrespective of caste, place and age tend to succumb to our own inner fear and fail to notice their worthiness in the society. At a very young age Deepa got married to the person she loved. She was sure she wanted this relationship and he would be her real soul mate. Over a period of time her husband started drifting away and his love for Deepa faded. Deepa who was dedicated to her work and family was completely unaware of her husband’s undisclosed affair. Soon she was a mother of two and she managed an amazing work-life balance.
Couple of year laters a day came when her husband left her with her two little daughters. They got divorced and she struggled as a single parent to educate and graduate her kids. The kids got to meet their father and as they grew old they started living with the father Deepa alone. She was struck by depression. She could not focus and had to be on medication. She was considered not fit to work and was asked to leave her job.
Loosing her loved one, then children, then job she had nothing to look forward in life, she lived a lonely life and survived on government funds. With faith in herself and her life she decided that her life had to move on and struggled single mindedly to overcome sickness, over a period of time her health got better and she managed to get her old job back. She got her first daughter married and worked until she retired.
Her daughters would occasionally meet her for lunch and dinner. They would call her once a week, her life revolved around them. She got upset when they ignored her. She was often reminded of the past and blamed for not being a responsible mother. She was aware that she was losing her self-respect to her own children; didn’t have the courage to fight against it. Last year she got her second daughter married.
Satisfied about fulfilling her responsibility she determined to move on with her own life. She completed her masters in sanskrit, which she yearned to do for years, started socializing and got a pet for herself. Her children on the other hand never respected her and continued to accuse, ignore and treated her in a dreadful manner.
Determined not to give in, she fought against her mind. She decided to be strong and not to be dependent on her children It took a lot of inner strength and courage to be an independent woman, but she did it.
Deepa is in her sixties and her daily life feels like the first light of the morning bright and cheerful. She stauncly believes that she will live happily every moment of her life without begruding till the last day of her life.