A DAUGHTER'S THANK-YOU
Pic.: Shreeshay Patel “You can sacrifice and not love… But you cannot love and not sacrifice.” ― Kris Vallotton I had visitors in my office, a while ago – a father and his daughter. During the course of our discussion, the father told me that his daughter had given him and his wife a pleasant surprise, some days ago. It was their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The daughter had quietly worked from behind the scene… She had meticulously saved every rupee she had earned during the entire year (by giving tuitions)… She had contacted her parents' closest friends, who had been by them, in their good times and bad times… She had invited them along with some close relatives and arranged for a warm celebration in a beautiful venue… Her parents had no clue about it till the day of the celebration had arrived! For twenty-five years, the parents had been doing so many things for their daughter without making any ‘show’ about it. Small and big s...