I am sad...

Searching…for a little piece of land!

The thorn in our backsides, the never ending search for a suitable place, the location of which, the construction of which, the facilities of the area match up or even come a little close to our current address.

The only thing I wanted was to stay here, in Jor Bagh. Neither A nor I wanted a dime off anyone; all we wanted was to bring up our children in this little piece of heaven in this city fast becoming a hot pot of  crime and crap.

I didn’t grow up here, which is why I know exactly what it’s worth.

A grew up here, which is why, he knows exactly what it’s worth.

Then how come, no one else admits the truth? Because they don’t have the balls, that’s why.

How come, A’s dad now refuses to move having frittered away what wasn’t even his to begin with? How come, a man who is so cautious with his own flesh and blood to the point of downright distrusting them, trusted a stranger and a builder at that with the only thing he had of any value? How come when now he so desperately covets this area, could he not want his own children to enjoy the beauty of it? How can anyone, anyone hate his own children so much?

I have never had the great luck of meeting people like my in laws

These are the kind of people we used to laugh at. And now others laugh at us. I would not give undue importance to what other people have to say about what’s not their business, but the thought of being considered a complete ‘con’ and an ass#@$ only by association, makes me cringe! In truth, it’s the thought that I or A failed to change this clearly idiotic and self destructive course of action on the part of his parents, is most saddening.

And the courage of his folks to ask us to leave just makes me laugh and cry at the same time. What nerve! With no thought for us or our little babies, his parents keep coming up with one horrible option after another, all of them involving our displacement from this little piece of heaven which in the non private state of our house, also becomes a little bit of hell everyday.

If you find this all very confusing, trust me not more than me. All I can do is pray…eat, pray, love? The only thing missing in action- love!