Roland, Nasty, very nasty!! Why should you feel I may kick the bucket anytime soon?
Beautifully said, though. Rgds, Valmiki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:39 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Passing the baton > Mario, > Let me tell you of my dad and my mum. > > He was proud of me and what I accomplished, little though it might > have been, when I was a young lad. But the thing is, he never told me, > probably thinking I would have got a swollen head. He was constantly > pushing me to surpass myself but would never praise me to my face when > I had achieved a worthy result. One day he met my friend at a > restaurant and told him how proud he was of me and when this friend > told me this, I didn't believe him. I thought to myself, he would have > told me so himself, if it were true. And then before I knew it, my dad > died. He never got the chance to say what I am sure he wanted to say > and I never got the chance to say "it doesn't matter dad, I knew it > all along." > > I made my big mistake too. As an only offspring, there was nothing my > mother wouldn't do for me. Through all the trouble I gave her, she was > steadfast in her devotion to her son. Yet when she sensed she was > dying this January past, she asked for me to come and meet her. I > spent a happy week with her. We talked of so many things. I joked and > she laughed although both of us knew it was the last time we would > meet. I wanted so much to tell her that I loved her and that I would > be ever grateful for what she had done for me. But somehow, I couldn't > bring myself to do it, thinking "she knows it". I thought to myself, > when I return to Canada, I'll phone her and say the things I couldn't > say when we met. On the next night after I returned, the good nuns of > the facility she lived happily in for 5 years, jerked me from my sleep > and told me she had passed away peacefully. In fact they had actually > said before I left that she was only waiting to meet me before she > made her trip to her maker. I didn't believe them but they were right. > > So Mario, hug the people you love today. If Valmiki writes something > that pleases you, TELL HIM NOW. Take the chance that his head may > swell. As might mine. For who knows what tomorrow brings. > > > On 10/11/06, Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> --- Roland Francis wrote: >> > >> > What beautiful prose Valmiki. >> > Power to your pen, nobility to your thoughts, >> > flight to your memories. >> > Roland. >> > >> --- Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > Many thanks, Roland. Two other Goanetters who, like >> > you, I personally admire, mailed me privately on >> > this. I must repeat what I told them: you've lifted >> > me so aloft with your generous words that I am now >> > afraid to slip -- a fall from such heights is sure >> > to break my back! :-) >> > >> Mario adds: >> > >> Hey, Valmiki, >> Just because the rest of us chose not to comment to >> avoid giving you a fat head does not mean we don't >> notice good writing when we see it:-)) _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
