Five years ago.as the Canadian Winter was just being touched by Spring...two strangers met and spent the first day of their journey in life together in one of the World's most beautiful places........The Niagara Falls..
To mark five years of our Love story ..which has been blessed by both My Mother and his..My Canadian Cowboy and True Love Brian..took me to the Niagara Falls to celebrate our Love story..
...Niagara Falls is very special to me..because this is where my beloved Parents first came to in the Mid 1960's..this is where they spent the happiest years of their life and love ..before they returned to India..
My father passed away in 1990..when he was still quite young..He often told me stories of beautiful..Canada and that is one of the reasons I came here..It was almost as if he had prophesied about my future..My Mother has never forgotten her time spent with Dad as a young and very lovely woman in Canada.with the person who meant the world to her..My Dad...Whenever I got to the Falls..I feel that they are both near me..Mother and Father are the first True Loves of our life..Valentines day should not be a celebration of just lovers ..but about the legacy of Love..which is passed on from one generation to another..and continues forever..My Brian blessed me with his Valentine's gesture of Love in the most beautiful Winter-land..
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We spent our weekend taking longs walks all along the spectacular water falls all the way up to the Power house..The falls were almost frozen and as I wondered about whether anyone could walk over the River..below..we walked into the Niagara Museum and picked up a History book with a sad story. Almost 100 years ago in early February a young couple the Statons who were walking over the river..on February 4th 1912..on a cold and sunny day like this one were trapped on a Block of ice that suddenly cracked and they fell into the deep dark waters never to be seen again...crossing the river on foot is banned by both the American and the Canadian side.. I shivered as I looked below at the frozen water..
We also spent time walking through the little town hand in hand..checking out the Casino and the quaint stores and watching the Falls and the mist change in color and character as the night changed to day and the day again changed to Night.and..the dawn broke out again...and then another sun set.to remember forever.....the view from the Oak Hotel is priceless as are the memories..we will hold dear till the wrinkled eve of our lives...
Looking back here are some happy memories of moments of love shared with pets , friends and family in the journey of life..
Lucky my sweetest pet Dog.: Lucky was a White Pomeranian..too cute to be true..When Dad and Mom were away on business trips.. I took over caring for him..one day he`Peed' on my bed and got a sharp spanking from me..a half hour later he came and put his paws across my feet and laid his head on them as if asking for forgiveness..I showered all my love and kisses on him..how could I not forgive my darling pet...what is a pee or two in the greater picture of life..?.I have never forgiven myself for spanking my loving Pet who was like a child to me..
Radhika was my best friend in Ferguson College.Pune..back in India..the college youth declared Valentines day as blue dress day and every guy and girl had to show up dressed in Blue..But Radhika and I both showed up in Red....we never followed any `rules' that did not make sense..We were the only two `Red Riding hoods' in a sea of Blue Uniforms..but so what..we did not care....
The college guys had a `skit' competition at the Am-phi Theater..One guy showed up in Blue shorts...a blue towel ..a blue bucket and a Blue soap..He then a had a quick shower in front of the `shocked' crowd ( though still in his shorts ) while he sang a ' Marathi number' and walked away with the `Valentine Blue Guy 'of the college `award'..( Not sure who voted )..We haven't forgotten that one yet..!
In 2008 November just a few months before I Met Brian ...I got my Canadian citizenship....I was single and alone in this country at that time and kind of sad that there was no one to be with me on that day..guess who turned up to cheer me up and shower me with her Love..My beloved Mother from across the seas..15000 miles away from India to Canada..just three days before I took the Oath..Mother..I will never forget how much your presence meant to me..that is Love unconditional and always will be..never asking or demanding but always giving from Birth to ..forever...To me that is the meaning of Valentines to celebrate love and happiness everyday and every time...!
