"Mummy, balloons! balloons!!!!"
She couldn't help smiling. In that 7 year old girl, she saw herself, years back.
She used to love going to funfairs. Her favorite was always the merry-go-round. When a funfair’s in town, nothing else seemed more important. Just the joy and happiness of living a carefree life. Seeing people laugh, and laughing together even at the silliest thing. She smiled and laughed a lot back then. She forgave and forgot so easily. Well, she was after all, only 7.
She grew up a happy kid. She studied hard, graduated, fell in love and eventually got married.
Three years ago, cancer took her husband away. She was at lost. She cried, stayed at home all day, and stopped answering the phone calls. One day, she woke up and decided to do something with her life. She went back to work, and worked very hard. She told herself she’ll be a strong successful career woman. Her dreams were her inspiration. She continued working towards that goal, never stopping to look at anything else. Not at the beautiful flowers by the roadside, the admiration in the eyes of her little brother when she showed him her graduation certificate, or the disappointment in the same eyes when she missed his birthday party for a meeting. She just saw her dreams.
But, when will she stop?
For the first time in three years, she slowed down and took a look at the things around her. The merry-go-round which she almost forgotten. The popcorn guy - ever so friendly. The clowns and their ridiculous make-ups. And then there’s always the balloon guy. She seemed to have forgotten how colorful life is, just like the balloons. When she looked back, she realized that in just three years, the colours in her life faded away.
"Sobs sobs"
She snapped back to the present. The little girl was crying and pointing to the sky. She looked up and saw a few balloons - purple, yellow, red - floating up and away like the colours in her life.
She smiled and walked towards the balloon guy.
“Can I have one purple, one yellow and one red please?”
She walked back towards the girl, and handed the balloons to the girl.
“There you go. It’s okay now.”
As she walked back to her car, she couldn’t stop smiling. She was glad she stopped by. She’ll never forget the joy in the laughter and the happiness in the eyes of the little girl today - something to remind her of herself. She’s a stronger woman now but sometimes she just needs to stop, take a breath and add a little more colour to her life.
*laughing at my own randomness - and not contented with the picture*
3 craps:
the picture and the article are great what, aren't they?
LOL I didn't think so. The picture could have been better, but I was a lil malas. =P Anyway thanks! XD
lol, don't have an art strand in my DNA, perhaps...
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