Short Story 26 : In Memory of Grandmother

In Memory of Grandmother

                                           - T ABRAHAM

    It was already the start of spring. Liddy was happy to see many customers coming and buying many things for their children. The summer vacation was about to set in. All the three teddy bears were worried as they were the last ones left in the store. They were all well maintained, but the two teddy bears were not ready to accept Liddy leaving before them. Even though Liddy was the most liked teddy bear by the all customers, seeing the huge value for her beauty many go with the affordable ones.

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    Liddy the storyteller started off once again, ‘During the earlier days many people were engaged with arts and humanities. But nowadays these disciplines of study are facing their decline. There lived a girl with her grandmother and mother who was known for winning prizes for creative writing and recitation contests. She was interested in pursuing humanities for her under-graduation and asked both her mother and grandmother. Her grandmother had completed her Bachelor’s in Fine Arts and was a housewife, as grandfather did not like the idea of her going for work. The girl’s mother completed her Master’s degree in Mathematics but found it very difficult to get a job. These days engineering graduates were outnumbering everywhere and the preference was given to them in almost every sector.
    Her mother immediately rejected the idea of pursuing a degree in humanities. But her grandmother wanted her to take up humanities. Grandmother somehow convinced the girl’s mother and she started off with her college in Bachelor of Arts in History. When the girl has reached her final year, her grandmother had passed away. After a few months the girl was not ready to continue her Master’s degree as she had to face many challenges amidst her classmates and also in her college.
    The girl’s mother accepted her decision, when grandmother was alive she was the only soul who was able to comfort the girl during her times of hardship and now she is gone forever. The girl had joined a school as a history teacher.
    Whenever she turns back in time she can feel her grandmother walking along with her during the times of her hardship and insults. Even though she had the desire to do her Masters she had to knock it down.
    Her grandmother lives in her heart forever. The choice of her study makes her feel she is carrying on with her, the legacy supported by her grandmother and turning back she can visualise the support rendered by her own blood who did not give up on her even when the worst of insults were hurled upon her’.
    Both the teddy bears went to sleep during halfway of the narration. Liddy also joined them and no one was ready to purchase her. She was eagerly waiting for a day when the royal family would take her to their palace. But it was testing her patience and hope.