A Gift Overdue

Fiza Saeed
Nov 2 · 4 min read

Amal, gave us the task to write a thank you note to people whom have helped us in our difficult times, and also made an impact in our lives. I thought carefully, whom I should thank to. And, its none other, my mama, and my brother. From the past many years I was upset, sad and unhappy. I don't have had any one with me, but my mother. Being an emotional kid, I made her more upset. At times she has cried with me because, I was sad and unhappy. So my mama deserves an applause for believing in me, when every one else has failed to see my presence.

me & my mama

Another, Thank you note to my brother, since he lives in Australia I cannot send a letter to him on such a short notice. I wrote this medium blog and sent the link to him.

Here’s my bro and me chilling on a wedding before he left for Australia

Dear Chotu Bhai,

Today, I want to pen down my feelings and thoughts for you. As I am growing older I have realized that, how important of a person you were to me. I miss your presence. I miss annoying you. You know I have cried a lot because, I cannot see you. I want to thank you for believing in me. Remember, when I got my job two weeks before and I called you . I loved it when you said “fizu I am so happy”, “fizu if you don't like the job, leave it”, “fizu get some on-hand experience” ,“fizu try to be specific in your conversations”. I loved it when you were saying all these things to me. You know, I was so teary at that time. I don't even know how to pen down those feelings for you, to tell you that how happy you made me by saying this. You know, I am so glad to see you more matured than me. Joju, I don’t know for how long I will survive but I wanted you to know that you have had an elder sister who secretly prayed for your well being and who has secretly missed you a lot. I wish you best of both worlds. Keep shining my bro :)

Your chatter box-

fizu :)

here’s the photo of chotu chilling on this Bari Eid *eid ul adha* 2019

Both of them really deserved to be applauded for the big and small things they have done in my life. This is the first time in my life, I have written a note for both of them. Mama,deserves more appraise because I really irritate her a lot. I want to Thank Amal for giving us this assignment. I am a shy person at heart I find it difficult to express my love for someone, be it a family member or a friend . I have realized this thing while doing this assignment.

This is not “The End” of my blog. I want to thank a random stranger too and the story is shared below:

I always complained to Allah that why you are being so unkind with me? I literally feel jealous when I see people with abundance of love in their life. I never thanked Allah for giving me people who love and support me. But here is a twist. I met a lady at Punjab University’s cafeteria. She was sitting alone and doing some work. I was in a bit hurry, I asked her may I sit here? she nodded yes. I sat down and asked the waiter to bring me food, during that time, she started to share her story with me that how her health is declining and also her tests CA125 (Cancer Antigen cells) are on rise in her body. I listened to her attentively. At the end of our conversation she asked me for my phone number. I was reluctant to share my number with a stranger at first but then something came in my mind and I shared my number with her. I never talked to her after that. Then, one day I received a text from her in which she said that she prayed for me during her Umrah and also, she has asked her phohpo too to pray for “fiza”. It literally touched me. For me, mentioning someone in front of Allah and praying for them is a kind of true love. And Allah showed me that He loves me so much that even a stranger mentions my name in front of him. I really cherish this memory. And I sent her a thank you note.

Here it is shared below

What else I can ask Allah for. I am truly blessed Alhumdulilah.

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