We have been in nani house for the past 20 days. Just got back last night. As I packed the suitcases and lined them near the door, in mumbai, my little 4 year old A comes and tells me “Mamma I’m going to miss Abhi bhaiya. He will also miss me no?”. Abhi bhaiya is my nephew.

It was sweet and kind of heartbreaking to hear that from her. Thanks to distance we hardly get to meet. Maybe once or twice a year for a few days. He is almost 14 now but he adores my girls and loves spending time with them. There is exactly a 5 year age gap between him and P and another 5 years between P and A. So that’s 10 in total for them. But he still misses them both equally all the time.

Once we were back in the car in Bangalore , she asked me another question “jab hum log ek family ko chhodkar doosri family mein chale jaate hain to hum log unko miss kyon karte hain?” She meant to ask why we miss people when have to leave them and go to another place. Another bouncer from her.

At first I was a little taken aback by the question. At the depth of the thought this 4 year old had gone to. I dint really know how to answer that question, rather how to explain to her about it. All I could say was that its because you like them so much and you played and had such a good time with them that you will miss them. She seemed satisfied with the answer and gave her regular “oohh” as an answer.