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A Moment of Shock

A Moment of Shock I ring the doorbell at my friend shazia's house while balancing my bookbag on one shoulder. This is one of the many days when my childhood friend Shazia and I have decided to study together for our upcoming semester finals Today the only difference is that we are studying at her house where there is always a lot of commotion because of her younger siblings. But I did not mind because I know Shazia is stuck babysitting her five year old brother, Hussein and three year old sister, Ailia due to her mom’s unexpected pregnancy; because of complications that had occurred her mom had to go to California for delivery. This had left Shazia who was always dependent on her mother incharge of everything. The door is opened hurriedly after three to four rings by a tired looking Shazia, she motions me to follow her to the kitchen where I see that she is trying to cook lunch for her brother and sister. A second later the house is filled with Shazia’s sister Ailia voice shouting “mom, mom”, subconsciously calling her mom while her brother Hussein is chasing her all over the house. After a lot of shouting by Shazia, Ailia and Hussein finally sit on the table to have their lunch. Looking at Shazia watching over her siblings, taking care of them and making them eat food in a way reminds me of a mom taking care of her children. Just then the phone rings and immediately Shazia, Hussein and Ailia run to get the phone saying, “it’s mom, it’s mom,” Shazia being the oldest gets the phone first and immediately her face brightens listening to her mom’s voice on the other end. To my surprise Shazia acts totally different with her mom on the phone, she tells her that everything is fine and her brother and sister are behaving very well, she does not want her mom to take any tension while she is having a baby. She hangs up excitedly telling her brother and sister that they will have a baby that they can play with very soon while telling me that her mom was about to leave for the hospital because of labor pains. We both pray silently in our hearts for Shazia's mom to be fine, the only thing that really bothered me in the back of my mind was why did her mom have to go to California for delivery? Why couldn’t she have her baby in Chicago? But Shazia and me had never really talked much about it. There were no studies for the day; we were all too excited to talking and thinking about the new baby to concentrate on anything else. But then Shazia said, “finally I can go back to my normal life in a few days.” Seeing her in this condition for quite a few weeks I was relieved as well knowing that my friend will finally have sometime for herself and me and we can hangout together like before. Though Shazia and me never mentioned it, we both knew that ever since Shazia’s mom had gone a few weeks back Shazia was really exhausted of all the work and taking care o the children all by herself. Now that Shazia’s mom was in labor we knew she would be home in a few days which would give Shazia some time to study for the upcoming finals. A couple of hours later the phone rang again, and immediately we both knew, it was from California to say that the baby is already here, when Shazia answered the phone we knew we were right, her mom had given birth to a baby girl; but an instant later while she was still talking to her uncle she started crying over the phone and told her uncle they will be there on the next flight. The minute she hung up the phone she just came and held me really close crying and said her mom had slipped into coma, and she had very few chances of surviving. I started packing a suitcase for her while consoling her at the same time, but I hardly knew what to say to a girl who is my age and is losing her mom. Shazia’s dad came in a few minutes later with the tickets and all four of them left for California about two hours after the phone rang. I got the call early the next morning from Shazia’s aunt to say that Shazia’s mom had expired, I just stood there shocked for a long time thinking about the past and about Shazia’s future. Shazia who was really close to her mom, who had relied on her mom for every little thing in life had to live without her mom and give three more children a mother’s love was really a very horrible thought. Immediately as most people do at first I started blaming God thinking he should not have taken Shazia’s mom away; Shazia really needed her and could hardly live without her. But then I realized that this is part of reality and we all eventually have to face reality some time in our lives, though some people face it in a very cruel way than others. This was exactly what I told Shazia when she got back but I knew that no words in the whole world could really cover up the sorrow that she felt about losing her mom, the only person who had really cared for her. Shazia had brought the baby with her and when she got back from California and started taking care of the infant along with her brother and sister, she knew she had to be strong for them. A few weeks later Shazia’s aunt and uncle moved here from India to live with them and help them out, but Shazia could hardly get along with them because of the culture difference; but still she lived with them so somebody could take care of her brother and sisters. Even though it has been 3 years after her mom’s death and we are still close friends; I have never seen Shazia as the same girl she was before her mom left for California. But, even I have changed a lot after seeing her go through everything and trying unsuccessfully to get her out of the depression which she slips into sometimes. She does not feel safe about anything or anybody and when if someone is going out somewhere she often finds herself wondering if they will return home or not. Bibliography:

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