Posted by - “Loss is not only the loss of a human body but the loss of a relation, loss of emotion.”
Every story is unique and hearing each story makes someone realize that they had forgotten about someone they love. Such love is the love of friendship or love of family because Home is where Love lies.
Seeing this picture today, you would think its just two old ladies. But hidden is their story which we aren’t able to comprehend from this picture.
This is a story of a few friendships made after people say life is over. Women devote their lives to their husbands, their children and eventually their grandchildren. Look after their every need so they have a life devoid of difficulties. You see them grow up to be independent and able to provide but your body degrading till you are entirely dependent on your kids.
What have you done in your life that you deserved to be sent to an old age home?
What if your kids don’t give you shelter?
The Ladies in Red and Blue let us learn that emotion or situation is not limited to one person but to everyone. The ladies had given their whole life to their husbands and their kids but now they met at an Old Age Home, only to learn the harsh reality of their kids letting them down by kicking them to the curb.
Today is the story of every household, every grandkid, and every grandparent. The connectivity has left with the choice to drop our dear ones at the door of the unknown. Not knowing will that is they safe, are they fed properly; or majorly are they loved?
But worry not, foundations old age homes allow that love to blossom again but in form of friendship, family. Even if they have left the house of their kids, they have a place to call home and stay with loved ones. The heart has always space for others.
Well, foundations like Help to Heal Foundation allow you to connect to the other foundations so that even if you are in an old age home, you can still get the joy of being able to play with kids. By adjoining events and paying a visit to the children shelter where orphan children can get the joy of spending and learning from old age home forgotten people. And get that love, care for the family again.
AUTHOR: Ishmeet Kaur