‘Hi Bhavya, check ur letterbox once u r home. bye’
This was new to her. A message from her neighbour at this time! Bhavya began pondering about all the things she could have possibly missed due to the ongoing traffic in her brain since past few months.
“Did I lose my passport or credit card somewhere? Did I miss paying any bill?(Being a defaulter outside India can be a big mess). Has someone come looking for me to complain that I did not dispose off the garbage correctly!! Is someone complaining that the lights in my apartment are kept on after 10 pm or am I too loud during the online meetings? Did I get any parcel from India? Do I need to collect it from Post Office tomorrow.
Oh God! I can’t go to post office as I have meetings from sharp 8 AM “.
Bhavya felt distraught and became frantic. She messaged back
‘Hey Aditi , Is everything alright?’
She wanted desperately that the grey 
becomes blue 
and get a reply from Aditi like ‘Everything is fine’, but it appeared like Aditi almost vanished after sending her first message. Aditi did not even see her message.
‘ The first time we met, Aditi said that she goes off to sleep early to attend early morning classes the next day. Has she dozed off already? ‘ Bhavya thought to herself.
Bhavya boarded the train as soon as it arrived. It’s a 7 minute walk from the station to her apartment which she almost hurried and covered in 5 mins. She hardly even noticed if there were anyone walking on the street.
As soon as she reached the main door of her apartment building and started to take out the keys (the main door to the building gets automatically locked after 6 PM), in a hurry, the keys fell down. She bent and picked it up and opened the door and nearly sprang to her letterbox. She unlocked it and was dumbfounded by what she saw.
The tension in her head disappeared, her furrowed brow eased and her smile muscles flexed. What a pleasant surprise!! Two food containers with the aroma of Indian food!! yippeeee yeeeee !!
‘Oh My God!!’, she exclaimed!
She happily took the boxes out and hurried up to her room, washed her hands, opened the boxes and her favourite rice, dal and egg curry neatly packed and placed!!
‘My God , I feel gluttonous ‘ she said out loud.
The food was still warm and she poured the contents into a plate and gobbled up like someone who was starving since days. All the while saying a silent prayer for the girl next door. Her eyes were moist and heart gratified.
‘Oh Aditi , You are an angel‘ ‘. Bhavya wanted to almost cry out and give Aditi a tight hug. She felt like someone is looking out for her with care and love. Once done eating, she immediately jumped out of her room and rang the bell of Aditi’s apartment. Aditi opened the door, her eyes swollen as she was half asleep but she smiled and asked
Was the food OK?
Bhavya gave her a warm hug and said ‘Thank you so much! It was delicious.‘
Bhavya could not tell her how stressful and tired she was these days as she didn’t want to lose the magic of that content moment.
They soon became the best of friends 👩🏽🤝👩🏽 and often gave surprises to each other with nice and delicious dishes in each others letterbox😊. The letterbox soon became a ‘surprise food box’ for them.
Why did I want to share this story?
In this case Aditi was absolutely unaware of Bhavya’s situation but her kind gesture made a huge impact on Bhavya’s life. That is the presence of God or the Supreme Power. The Power who gives us hope when we find ourselves too distressed to fight anymore. That Power, who never leaves our side and is ready to pick us up before the fall. The miracle that exist in everyone’s life.
Maybe we ignore these signals in our mundane lives but if we pay attention to it , we will understand that we are never alone. Somehow, the Power always knows, when we need that little push, that little encouragement, that little love and hope and we get it when we need it the most.
I dedicate this story to my close friend Ankita 💕. Love you dear and the magic of ‘that’ moment will always remain in my heart!!
May God bless your friendship.
It was awesome…loved it… Do write more😍😍😍😍
Thank you so much dear Preeti. I am happy you liked the narration. Please keep supporting.❤
Thank Moitri . 🙂
The final part of the story letterbox has the power to produce deep emotion. Splendid narration and kudos to your friendship. And also it’s interesting how letterbox change into a foodbox for the two friends! Keep writing 🙂
Superb
Thank you so much Prashob! 😍
Beautifully written . The narration is flawless and gives an amazing visual presentation .
Thank you so much Jithesh. I am happy you liked the narration. Please keep supporting.❤
A vibrant story of friendship.
This is an ode to friendship n ode to relations so wonderfully translated through the authors words👏👏👏celebrate ur friendship beautiful ladies💕
Thank you so much dear Prajusha. I am happy you liked the narration. Please keep supporting.❤
Very nice story interesting .keep writing. The way you conveyed a message with an incident in life .awesome 👌. Liked it a lot.Expecting more 😊😊😊
Thank you so much dear Shalini. I am happy you liked the narration. Please keep supporting.❤
Chechi super😍😍😍👌👌👌
Thank you 🙂
Babitachechi super😍😍👌👌
Thank you Sarath 🙂
Beautifully conveyed your feelings. Always some unseen power exist to help us when its most needed. Expecting more and more from you. Keep it up!❤
Wow Babita wonderful. Speechless .Some deep emotions expressed.
Thank you so much Anu for sharing your feedback 🙂
Awesome… keep writing and keep sharing
Thank you Abhik for sharing your feedback :).
Wow di… It brought back a lot of memories.. wonderfully written… Beautifully expressed… Loved it… Keep reminding us gestures and emotions we all have forgotten in our fast life…
Thanks a lot Priya for the love and encouragement. Sure will keep trying to write about things that we can all connect with. 🙂
Loooooved the title and the narration…friendship truly happens in so many surprising ways and all it needs is for us to allow that magic to happen 😍
Keep writing and letting us into this beautiful mind 😇
Thank you so much chechi for connecting with the blog and expressing your feedback. Sure , will keep posting 🙂
Very interesting! Nicely expressed the feelings. Keep writing more!
Thank you so much for the encouraging words. and am happy you like it. 🙂
So nicely written and touched heart directly……a good soul always find a good one 😍….keep writing Babita…you are rocking….
Thanks for the encouraging words dear Barnali! I am glad you like the blogs.
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Wow……keep writing more…..