Hey God! i'm a believer!

Its about 10 in the night and i'm sitting at home watching my roommate idle away on the laptop. i've just returned after dinner and am thinking about my next activiy. That is when i feel like talking to my sister ( she's 6 yrs elder to me, married and settled in chennai) I pick my cell, flop onto the bed and give her a ring. In my family we have a unique way of greeting each other, which is my mom's creation. so we both went **** with a chuckle each. "So you remembered now, huh", she exclaims. Tactless taurean that i am, i bluntly reply, "remember what". Just as she starts with "well...", it suddenly dawns on me that today is the 12th of may, my only sister's birthday!! Now, you don't keep birthday reminders for your sister and mother, doesn't make sense. So if u're absent minded like i am, you end up forgetting and i just did. As is expected i start, " Oh! how cud i...". I sheepishly wish her, she laughs it off and we delve into the details of her day. In between i also speak to her 7 month old bundle of joy, whom i hear from her is getting more irreprissible with each passing second. After he advocates his stand with "ga goo yumm geee", we talk for some more time and hang up.

Though i was sad that i'd missed her birthday, i was very happy for another thing. Something that i hope she realizes and if she does, would be the best birthday gift she's ever got from me. Its the fact that, when i called her now, it was because i felt like talking to her. When you're very close to one another, things are taken for granted and i don't usually call my sis without reason. But this was different and i loved myself for it. I thank that superior power which compelled me to call up. hey god, i'm a believer!!