It's been years, but until this very day, aside from love for food and dislikes to anything expensive, I can't think of anything else we have in common. She's a mother and around fifteen years older than me, but every time I see her, there's this feeling that she's a friend from high school or college, or a childhood friend in the neighborhood. There's something very homey in her personality. She's the kind of woman you would like to have a chat with in the morning while your cleaning your front yard, or doing the laundry. I hope a have someone like her in the neighborhood for a "kumare".
This post is not just about Ate Gretchen only, but rather to people like her who makes me appreciate the good things in life all the more. To appreciate having them in our lives, who uplifts our spirit and does not put us down, who's "hello" makes us feel that life is just about living it simply, without pretensions, and just being happy despite many odds.
