I panicked!!

water and lied straight on the bed, the severity of the pain decreased, and I could breathe again, I kept my breaths shorter. I decided to wake my husband if it occurred again. I was tensed, was it an alarm for negligence towards my body. I closed my eyes again, I was all sweaty. Was I going to die tonight? Suddenly I remembered that I was supposed to make ghee from all the cream I have kept in the freezer, also I haven’t cleaned the greens in the fridge. Even the groundnut powder has finished. ‘What if tomorrow morning people come in for condolences and check my refrigerator, will they think of me as a sloppy person? If my relatives think of staying for a night or two they will need the bedding, due to this rainy season the spare bedding must have caught a damp smell. Even the rice and wheat flour are almost finished, my mother-in-law will have to run to the market. My son’s project is also half done it was supposed to be completed by yesterday, I had promised him to make his favourite cake on the weekend!! He will be unhappy.’ My mind was numb, I was baffled..I am not ready to die yet. The alarm on my phone rang, I woke up it was 7’O clock. I was breathing normal, no pain or any uneasiness, I was fine. I looked in the mirror and smiled, I am not going to die like this and not sooner. 

                                                                                      Such a small thing scared me to death. I finished all my pending work, my son was back from school, we baked the cake together and ate it, he hugged me for the delicious cake and I

Homemade Rawa cake- my son’s favourite

muttered ‘Till death do us part.’