A Mother's Unforgettable Loss
My parents got married on September 14, 1983. In March 1985, my mother became pregnant, and that December, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl – my older sister.
It was a normal morning in January 1986. My mother, with her one-month-old baby, was sitting in bed, grooming the little one. When she touched her, the baby felt very warm. My mother was staying in a remote village, miles from the nearest hospital. "Baby has nothing, just a normal viral fever; she'll be alright in a few days," the doctor said. My mother felt some relief from his words and came back home after sending a letter to my father, who was serving in the armed forces thousands of miles away.
Two days later, the baby was much sicker. The villagers somehow arranged an auto-rickshaw to rush her to the hospital. My mother was squeezed between two others, her precious baby on her lap. The driver sped towards the hospital, and the baby looked at her as if trying to communicate.
Just a few minutes later...
My mother, with eyes wet with tears, looked at the baby's pretty face. The baby hiccuped thrice while watching her, and the third hiccup was followed by her last breath in this world. Those pretty eyes closed forever. My mother could literally feel her baby's soul leaving; she knew, then, that her own baby had left this world forever. She could feel the pain in the womb that had carried the baby for nine months. She shouted loudly inside the vehicle, but it couldn't bring her baby back to life.
Today, my mother ends this story with tears in her eyes. And I sit here with a shiver, even after listening to this over a hundred times. This isn't just a story; it was something God did to my mom years back.
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This is truly a heartbreaking story. I'm so sorry that happened to their family, and that they missed their little princess. Luckily, God blessed them with another daughter six years after her birth. Maybe, just maybe, it was her, the big sister, coming back. God bless the family. ✨
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