When I Lost My Parents
My loving Mother gave me Wings and My Father taught me to Fly
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It was a Friday evening, December 12, 2003. I walked into the restaurant (Ayurveda Café/New York City). My mother, Tara, was sitting at her regular table. She looked at me and smiled gently.
I asked her, “Kaya hal hai? Bibi” (How are you, mother.)
She extended her hand to me, “Look what has happened. I get tired after walking one block."
I saw her hand was swollen. I took her hand in my hand, looking straight at her and said, “I will take you to the doctor. It will be okay.”
While I was looking into her eyes, I realized our roles have been reversed.
All these years whenever anything happened to me, I would tell her and she would respond by saying, “Don't worry everything will be okay. God will bless you” and I believed her every time, no matter what was the outcome. Just merely listening to her say that everything will be okay, I felt everything will be okay. Her words to me were like God speaking.
But that evening when I looked at her beautiful face, I realized she has become old and now I will have to be the parent.
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About the Book
Parents remain the most influential adults throughout one's lives. This book is about the relationship of a son whose parents were also his best friends.
The author Tirlok Malik says "I was considered successful and mature," but when I was faced with the dilemma of losing my parents inside I felt like a small boy scared at the thought of losing my parents.
This book prepares you for that moment when you face the reality of losing aging parents. This book is a healing journey for anyone who have lost parents or who still has parents.
About the Author
Tirlok Malik is a New York Emmy Award nominated filmmaker, and restauranter (Ayuveda Cafe). All of his films have been about relationships and has won many awards worldwide.
Tirlok was born in India but now lives in New York City. He calls America his home. As an immigrant he brought his parents to New York where they lived for 17 years before they died at 80.
When his parents needed him in their old age he was there for his parents. But when the time came to say the final "goodbye" Malik as a little boy in him felt vulnerable that is what inspired him to write this memoir.
His memoir will take you to a journey of understanding and healing.