My parents make up

Today morning my parents made up after their previous night’s fight over the birds – my first pet.

In the morning my mother apologized for not serving dinner for my father the previous night. My father also said “It is ok, Rekha” and went to office.

The moment he was gone she cried for a while and then told me that she had fought with father over the birds. As if I wouldn’t have known if she hadn’t told me.

I just held her hands and kept staring at her.

After a while she sent my father an SMS, and he also sent back a quick reply. After a few SMS exchanges…she was smiling again.

As far as I remember, this was the first fight they hadn’t sorted before going to bed. My mother must have really hated pets – I say in past tense because NOW she loves the birds.

And we both take care of them together.