Post #19 - Today...and Golf

Tonight I went with Mami-Ji to Safeway for just a bit to grab a few items. Ma was rushed to the hospital this morning, but I think Mama's looking down on all of us right now and giving her strength to be healthy...regardless, I could see it on Mami-Ji's face how rough this is on everyone, especially since it's only been a few months since everything happened with Mama. And the thing is, I knew something was wrong when Masi called me this morning asking for Harinder's cell number. I knew it was in her phonebook, so something had to be up if she didn't look there or ask Mami-Ji for it...

Anyways, on a much lighter note, during the drive back to our house, Mami-Ji told me how they found around 40-50 golf balls in the backyard of the new house. Mama use to love just shooting them around in the backyard. He had his own shooting range in that backyard of his - 2.5 acres! Mami-Ji said sometimes he'd shoot from the front of the property, over the house, and all the way to the back, which surprised me! I told her about the day we were on the lot a few months ago after Aneil's soccer game and how Harinder kept a golf ball that he found as a souvenir. I also mentioned how I remembered going to the golf course with her, Mama, and Ameer a few years ago.

I can't really remember sleeping over too often at the old Surrey house since we lived so closeby anyways, but one time I slept over when Ameer was just a baby and the next morning the four of us went to the golf course. I even remember how we stopped at the local Chevron (or some other gas station) for breakfast...rice-krispie squares and muffins! I thought it was the worst breakfast ever because they were rock hard to eat, haha. And then at the golf course, I sat back and just chilled while Mama played golf and Mami-Ji took pictures of Ameer. It's ironic because Harinder and I saw those pictures in July right after everything happened with Mama. We were going through pictures for the slideshow when we came across those ones. There's this one super cute picture I like in specific where Mama is shooting a golf ball off into the distance and in the background Ameer is sitting next to his golf bag watching attentively. I'm not sure how Mami-Ji captured it so well, but the picture is just priceless...like something you'd see on a poster or something.

Anyways, let's all keep Ma in our thoughts and pray that she has a quick and smooth recovery. Isn't there something about how you should say "Waheguru" 13 times? That's the lucky number in the Sikh religion, so try doing that tonight if you can. Lucky for us, we know Mama's also watching out for her...

xoxo Karen