Butterfly Wishes…
Life is truly such a roller coaster ride .Moment u feel you are high at the top of the world, you are pulled down quick and fast, leaving you no choice but just a moment for a sigh. The time you get used to the lows and accustomed to the life you are pulled up again, but then you are too weak, too cautious to enjoy. It’s not fear of the pain or the loss but the sudden shock of change, not anticipated by one, which takes you aback. It takes time to heal and accept, absorb the happiness and enjoy the good moment once again as u move in life. The right time which is not too soon or too late to start living again. It was time for Katie too, to enjoy, to embrace the best time of her life.
Katie looked at the pay check, content and happy about her every decision. After many years she now felt proud and wanted to dance in joy. Her three year old girl in nappies was humming and jumping on the couch, watching the wiggles show. Katie sitting beside her, sealing the final pay check envelope. As Katie finalised all the accounts on her laptop, a young colourful fluttering butterfly broke out of the cocoon from Katie’s butterfly nest.
Katie’s story was so similar to that of a butterfly. As an orphan, Katie was always an overly sensitive, dreamy girl. Then if any one asked her, what her ambition is, she would innocently say “I want to be a mom”. She used to always lovingly take care of other younger orphan kids, nurture them, guide them and run around with them chasing butterflies. Katie loved her butterflies and was always punished for hiding caterpillar cocoons in her drawers and cupboards till they blossomed into a butterfly. As she grew up to be a charming young girl, her dreams started taking shape. She moved with her college sweet heart, discontinued her education and dedicated herself towards her home nest. Everything seemed so perfect for Katie, so perfect to be true.
Very soon after marriage Katie discovered that her dream to mother a child may always just be a dream. Katie and her partner had seek all possible medical help, but all in vain. There despair had started affecting there relation. Years passed and the cracks in there relationship had widen. Katie had still not given up hope for her dreams. She looked for latest medical advances, contacted every possible expert, to fill there empty lives, what she thought was best for them, to resolve their differences. But little did she know she was alone in her pursuit.
The dreaded day came soon, her partner decided to separate, to move on with someone else. Two days later Katie got her positive results from last IVF. With no job in hand, no house, no other options, she sheltered back to the orphanage. This was not what she had dreamed for, this was not she wanted her child to have, this she never anticipated about. As she sat alone on the garden bench, numb, dejected, sad, and pointless about future, a little yellow –orange butterfly with long fore wings flew close to her. Katie slowly stretched her palm towards it. Katie knew it was the Julia species of butterfly. The butterfly slowly kissed Katie’s finger tips and flew away.
Today as the young butterfly broke out again of the cocoon it reminded Katie of all her struggles so far. As the young delicate life, spread out its wings, Katie excitedly hugged her daughter Julia and pointed her the fluttering image. Her daughter shrieked in joy. Katie’s belief and her passion had flourished. Her “Julia Butterfly Wishes” business had spread now far and wide. Her idea for sending fluttering butterfly wishes had filled up her life with dreams and hopes again.
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