B is for Blessed

Apr 2
NabanitaDhar
“Hurry up Jamie” called Ella as she stood at the door, one moment adjusting her jacket while at the other looking up at the stairs.

“Coming Mom..” came the response but there was no sign of her seven year old.

“Jamie” she yelled again “Come down or I’m coming up to get you! You already missed the school bus today!”

That was enough to get Jamie come running downstairs.

“Sorry Mom!” he said as he pulled her hand and blew her a kiss.

“You know honey you can’t be late…Now that you missed the school bus I’m going to be late to office too!” she said to Jamie as she locked the door “Not to mention you teacher is going to punish you too!”

“Ahh don’t worry Mom…I’ll tell them it was all Howie’s fault” said Jamie as they walked towards the car.

“Honey I don’t think your teacher cares about your invisible friend” said Ella as she started the car “By the way what were you doing up there? I’m going to…” and she stooped without completing her sentence. They were at the turn which lead to Jamie’s school and there was a long line of police cars, paramedics and ambulances ahead.

“Mom what happened here?” asked Jamie looking outside the window.

“Don’t know honey” she said “You wait in the car..I’ll find out” saying she alighted from the car and walked towards the small crowd that had gathered.

“What happened here?” Ella asked a woman standing next to her.

“The school bus met with an accident this morning…Thankfully nothing major but still students are hurt….” she said pointing towards the bus “It’s so sad..isn’t it?”

Ella nodded but the moment she saw the bus her heart sank. It was the same bus that Jamie had missed. It was a lucky escape. She stood there for a moment looking at the anxious parents, the injured students and the turned over bus.

“Jamie!” she blurted out suddenly and walked back towards the car to the side that Jamie was sitting. She placed her hands on the window and looked at her seven year old son and thanked God that he missed the bus today.

“Mom?” said Jamie as he observed her with a quizzical look on his face.

“You wanted to go to the zoo right?” she said as Jamie looked confused and nodded “Let’s go then… Today we’ll have a mother-son day out..what do you say to that?” and she planted a kiss on Jamie’s cheeks.

“Mom are you alright?” asked Jamie “It’s a school day you know!”

“Not any more…!” she said as she walked over to the driver’s side and got into the car “So are you in for a fun day boy?”

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Jamie giggled at this and nodded saying “Only if I get burgers and pizzas too…”

“As you wish honey!” Ella said as they drove off from the site of the accident. Though she felt bad for the other children, she was also glad that Jamie was not in the bus, that he had missed it. He was all she had and she couldn’t bear the thought of even a scratch on him.

When they were at the zoo watching the giraffe Jamie tugged at Ella’s purse and said “Mom it was good that I missed the bus today…I’m having so much fun…”  At which Ella replied “Yes honey I too feel blessed today!”

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B is for the feeling of Blessing in Disguise….and that’s the tone of today’s tale…

Linking this post for A to Z Challenge. As I promised in the theme reveal post, as part of the Challenge I’m going to write short stories with one or more emotions beginning with the alphabet of the day as the prompt or central idea for the post. Hope you enjoy the challenge!
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131 thoughts on “B is for Blessed”

  12. Sometimes things just happen for the best. By the end of the challenge you'll have a bunch of great stories Nabanita!

  15. This has happened to me too. I thought something that happened with me was a bad and I had a tough time but now looking back I think that it was a blessing in my life. Strange how your perspectives change when looking in hindsight. Good one Naba!

  16. Everything happens for a reason, that's all it says! Wonderful story about blessing in disguise! 🙂

  17. Blessed – it is a Blissful emotions!!! Nabanita I am becoming a fan for your narration style!!!

  22. Naba it touched a chord for various reasons. True like the story so many times I forget to look at the blessings..so lost in the day to day running around.

  23. Naba, you have a treasure trove of stories waiting to be published 😉 As a mom, I know exactly what she must have felt- feeling blessed and yet feeling sad about the loss of the other moms. Nicely told.

  28. Maybe it was Howie's doing 🙂 but glad that sad things have a silver lining too.

  29. Very sweet story. Blessing depicted beautifully Great mind think alike and Blessing is a good word to blog about.

  30. That's a beautiful story…you never know what one event might lead too…that's why nothing is ever good or bad. It just is.

  36. I am amazed by how U bring up new episodes every day ! Lucky Jamie . Some times that one second can bring good/ bad fate
    Good one:)

  37. A lovely post! I like the unvisible friend that of course is his guide or guardian angel. That's my opinon:)

  38. Lovely story! I am so glad he missed the bus. You know, I probably would have done the same thing. Things happen for a reason and this story perfectly illustrates that! ♥

  46. You tell the story so well. I was so right there with that mum, could feel her emotions… Indeed blessed!!

  49. This is a smoothly written story. But more than that, it was a more than necessary reminder. I needed it tonight. Thank you Naba!

  52. It is weird how we feel. I know you have portrayed what all of would feel, but I somehow felt bad that one could celebrate that when the close friends of the kid were hurt.

  56. A blessing in disguise is one of the best blessings. It comes at a time when we least expect it. 🙂 Nice story Nabanita.

  59. Wow thats wonderful expressed like the previous one. So many instances when people feel blessed for missing the plan, train. We had some of the family friends, who missed their trip to Uttarakhand, before the disaster happened there! They felt blessed and lucky that they dint get leaves from their office or plan cancelled due to some or the other reason. Love your story! 🙂

  84. I know Shailaja… Hope it never happens to any mom ever ! Thanks for ur constant support 😀

  113. I know I understand what you feel… I guess sometimes we chose one over the other just to count our blessings..

  125. good story, nice put together .. but how do you get so many comments… pls. share the secret.. i dont get many

  131. You have great theme and fantastic challenge writing fiction. Would love to read what you write for the other alphabets…:)

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