A letter to my childhood

Dear old childhood,
It has many years since we parted our ways. You were beautiful. No worry, some little stress of homework, the rest was fine. My best friend at that time was Sumbal and it was fun partying and playing with her. Going to the park every evening and partying at night was beyond fun. It was magical. But what I lacked or you failed to give me was the loving parents. Everybody, from the next door neighbor to the teachers at my school, adored me except my parents. Well, except that everything was pretty much fine.
I thank you childhood for setting the wonderful base of a good human that I have become. It is not narcissism, just a little self love. Everybody deserves a little of that. I write to you more, some other day.
Till then,
Bye

Hope

This is  my 5th post in 21 day writing challenge hosted by Jeff Goin

I became a victim of severe depression in late 2012. There were multiple reasons for that. My life became so grim and I lost all the hope. There wasn’t any bright sunshine nor any silver lining as far as I could see. It seemed like there wasn’t anyone or anything that could help me. My parents, siblings all left me in the time of need. I felt helpless and cried day and night. The only thing in which I found peace was the remembrance of Allah. But I desperately needed someone to whom I could tell my pain and sufferings. In other words I  needed a shoulder to cry on.

Then one day I received a message of  my very close friend on face book.  We studied in the same school from grade 5 to grade 9. She was always very supportive and sympathetic.  I knew that she would understand my situation so I decided to tell her of my worries. She listened to me with patience and offered me the best advice. I felt lightening of my burdens after talking to her . My depression has been cured thanks to her wonderful dose of kindness.

I will remain grateful to her forever. For me she has been a life saver. She gave me a new hope, a new direction and most importantly she told me to remain positive no matter how hard the circumstances are. She also said that whenever I need any kind of help or just need someone to talk, I can always message her and she would be there for me.