Breezy Journey

‘’Breezy Journey’’ An imaginative story of an Indian girl named, Lathmi who grew with such a challenging mountainous life; somewhere in the mountain of Valparai, Tamil Nadu, India. almost on the edge of giving up; seldom feeling weak but not withered. Tested with many circumstances, but she is not giving up at all especially with her ambitions in life. Her inner will be her top support for pursuing. ********************* Chapter One A hardworking family from a mountain life It was so breezy outside, the family were about to start the annual celebration as used to even from the ancestors’ culture. They will be celebrating yearly an Onnam Feast or their so-called like family festival which is for the tributes for their great ancestors who were considered heroes in old times. Lathmi a very young girl of age nine was being so courageous enough to get involved in related heroic practices of her ancestors. They lived in a mountain where snow weather occurs every seven months of the year, from months of October to June. In this seasons the family of Lathmi are always expecting lots of challenges. Many to mention, but one of the usual incidents is rescuing strangers stranded in the snowy forests nearby. One day, the grandfather of Lathmi named Ikhubi, was in the forest searching out something to help out or hunting some animals for food. On that same moment, it happened by chance that the location where granny is searching out was near of a certain incident. There was a family stranded on a heavy snow, and granny Ikhubi has his intuition that something really happened seriously in that family. Few minutes, he saw the father wounded. The number of people or the members of the family are in five. The father, the mother and the three children. That moment the father was trying to rescue his family from the big tree trunk that fell down half on their car that they can hardly move on to their travel trip. Good thing, granny Ikhubi was around that time. ​The incident requires a lot of huge help, granny Ikhubi cannot do it by himself alone even with his all girded complete equipment to do so. He must have some few strong men with him on that very hour. But he’s running out of time. The father was seriously injured, so much blood came out from his left side of his body. What granny Ikhubi did, while hoping somebody could pass by also for an extra hand to help rescuing the family stuck in the heavy snow and a big tree trunk; he tried to communicate each members of the family inside the car, most especially the father. ​‘’Sir is there any chance for us here?” asked the inured father, yet hopeful. ‘’Of course, I can see much possibilities for you all to be rescued as long as you can do what I need you to do’’ replied granny Ikhubi. Step by step granny Ikhubi did all he could instruct them, as precise as he could. ​Meanwhile at home, grand-daughter Lathmi had an unusual feeling at the very same moment. This was not her first time to feel so intuitive at granny Ikhubi’s whereabouts. ‘’Papa, granny Ikhubi must be home this time’’ thoughtful doubt of Lathmi, asking his father Tauru about his dear granny. ‘’ He must be at something, and I’m feeling he needs something or some help, …. I do hope I am right’ added Lathmi. ​“Alright, alright! we will try to wait for few more minutes, and if granny Ikhubi will not still be around home, we will be searching him out. I needed the help of our neighborhood for this. Tauru, Lathmi’s father firstly knew the same thing of Lathmi’s feeling. He has been familiar also in such sort of possibilities on what his father Ikhubi might up to, helping anyone even on his own risks. ​ ​So after few more minutes of waiting, granny Ikhubi is still not be at home. With no second thought, father Tauru hurried up, buckled up with needful equipment he must be needing for searching out to fetch granny Ikhubi. Little Lathmi is not allowed to go with her father and the neighboring group for she must and to wait patiently and positively. All men including Lathmi’s father were all on their way searching out granny Ikhubi, it took almost an hour for them since it was so in heavy snow. Eventually, the team has found the location where granny Ikhubi was, and the family he’s rescuing to…at this time, the wounded father was running out of blood, immediately the whole team hurried up and successfully pull out the injured family from the accident. It was still very breezy afternoon on that whole incident, and gladly to know that all survived from the breezy and horrified incident. The rescuing team and the injured family were all safety arriving home. Little Lathmi was very at ease seeing everybody finally arrived home, especially seeing her granny Ikhubi and father Tauru made her so comforted. On that midnight, all are still awake, while freshening one selves up. Granny Ikhubi and all the members of the family, were so hospitable enough to cater the injured family. On the morrow, after the breakfast the visitors were so encouraged and brightened up from all the concerns shown by the family host. Granny Ikhubi, decided to contact the doctor in downtown. He told over the phone regarding the situation and asking advice from the doctor for the next things to do regarding the health recovery of the family. After all the details the decision was, the injured family were not allowed to go downtown, instead the doctor will come up their place to check personally and privately the case since the family still need full recovery on bed. ​“Mr. Ikhubi, Sir if you would allow me instead, I will be going up there in your place to see this injured family’’ informed the downtown doctor. ‘’I wanted to visit also the place for some of my documentary purposes’’ added the downtown doctor Dr. Kirtha. ​It will take two days’ travel for Dr. Kirtha to arrive in the family’s place. While on his road trip, he was already feeling so excited for his visit. He remembered his good old days back when he was yet eleven years old. He used to visit his grandparents in a far mountainous place. Every three times of the year, he and his family accustomed to have a special visit for their grannies, since both his grandpa and grandma stayed alone in their cool little brick house. Every time they visit, little boy Kirtha always brought a special sweet home made by his mother. They are not an ordinary sweet food, they are originally discovered and made by his mother where it was all extracted from different kind of forest fruits. Remembering his childhood, Dr. Kirtha gets emotional because their last visit brought a tragic trip when they were on their road going back downtown. They got a car accident that causes to have a serious damage on his parents’ health. His parents died eventually after some consecutive recovery cares. From that time, he promised that he will take medical courses so that he by any time, and by all of his level best he can help such related cases. This time, going up to the mountain flashing all those memories that once lingering at him unconsciously. ​‘’This will be a mix emotion health visit’’ reflected Dr. Karthi. ‘’I wonder what I will be up to’’ his close thought. ‘’Will I be able to cope up the such same case? I do really misses my parents. Why they gone so soon?’’ he added. ​ ​It the second day trip for Dr. Karthi, Lathmi’s family heard of his closer day arrival. The family was preparing for their warmth welcome for Dr. Karthi. They feel so privileged knowing it’s the downtown Dr. himself who initiated to have a special visit for them along with the injured family, they all feeling excited because it was their first time to be visited by the downtown Doctor. ​It was now the second day of the trip, Dr. Kirtha was about to arrive to the said location of the families. He started to write all of his check to-do list for his two days’ health visit. For four hours left on his trip, he glances one certain location, where seems very familiar for him, he tried to recall few times and eventually that said place was really the same place where his parents were rescued from that tragedy. It may not be the exact area where the incident started to happen, but it is the nearest of it, where as far as he could remember baby Kirtha that time was carried along with his mother while they are still searching out for a rescue. ​“Oh, I can’t still forget… I still remember my mother’s resemblance with my hopeless father as they knew that no more help to be found’’ reflected Dr. Khari. (the phone rings….) ‘’Dr. Kharthi, speaking?! Yes! Sir, I am on my way now to your place. I will be there around forty minutes more… alright Mr. Tauru I have no problem on that, I can manage anything you would to accommodate me. No worries at all…” Alright See you all….’’ (Dr. Khari just received a phone call from Mr. Tauru, Lathmi’s father) As Dr. Khari arrived in the vicinity, all the family members greeted him with a very warmth welcome. ​“Good day Dr. Khari, welcome to our place. We are very thankful that you have accepted our request’’ greeted granny Ikhubi and father Tauru. ​“Really no problem at all, it is even my interest and desire to cater this injured family, and by the way where are they now?” asked Dr. Khari. ​“Here Doctor…here….!!!” interrupted little Lathmi who is very excited to cater Dr. Khari. ​‘’Doctor, Doctor…how would you check this family, will you give them some medicine to be healed again…Doctor?” curious Lathmi ask without hesitation. ​ (Everybody just laughed for a while, and proceeded to accommodate Dr. Khari to his room) ​“Doctor, we will be preparing dinner soon, you may take your time to rest and freshen up. You can just find around here at our humble abode the facility you needed’’ said father Tauru. ​‘’Oh…great. Thank you so much! Appreciated it’’ replied Dr. Khari. Meanwhile, while the family was preparing the dinner, granny Ikhubi went to the injured family’s room and informed them regarding the arrival of Dr. Khari. He also added that they must be a little patient more, since the process of their health checked up will be a bit risky and the rest will be clarified by Dr. Khari. ‘’I am very thankful for your family Mr. Ikhubi, somehow we are feeling better, and even with a day of rest and medication here, it helps us to recover soon. We could not thank you all enough for this.’’ grateful father. “You are much welcome Sir; it is our family’s delight to help others’’ answered father Tauru. ‘’Dinner is ready!!!’’ shouted Lathmi. ‘’Thank you dear Lathmi’’ said father Tauru. ‘’Father, father… I wanted to be a doctor someday, or a rescuer or even somebody who will take good care of people like this family here with us now’’ exclaimed Lathmi. ‘’Oh, really dear?! that is very golden of you. Why not. You can be anyone you wish to be. As long as you will be a very good person with a big great heart like granny Ikhubi…everything you needed will just be there even the people you need. We are still here for you and for your dreams. “Oh father, let’s call Dr. Khari now. We will have to share our food for everybody’’ said Lathmi. (Everybody started the dinner with sweet fellowship and each person exchanging warmth words of encouragement while enjoying the food made by Mrs. Tauru. While they are finishing the dinner, Dr. Khari shared his plan for the next day. And everybody is looking forward for the medical recovery of the injured family, the most specially for the father) It was about time to send the injured family back to hometown, downtown along with Dr. Khari. All were on the same trip, and heading to the same destination. The family of Lathmi, granny Ikhubi, father Tauru and Mrs. Tauru, were so honored to have all of them with even few days. They were sending each words of wishes for everyone. (After they all left in the place, quite little Lathmi was seating at the house’ balcony along with granny Ikhubi…reflecting all what happened) “I am so very proud of you, granny…’’ said Lathmi ‘’Oh dear, this is what my happiness is, to help others’’ replied granny Ikhubi. ‘’Yes, yes I do want to…It is really my dream to be a big help for others. And if I will be giving a chance, I want to be a downtown doctor like Dr. Khari, or an aid person like a rescuer. Just even like your granny. I am so excited to reach my dream. Would you be there for me?’’ asked Lathmi. ‘’Of course my dear, as long as I am still here, I will support you endlessly. Your mother and father are here also for you’’ answered granny Ikhubi. Little Lathmi loves to discuss always with his granny or with his parents about his big ambition. She wishes to become a downtown doctor. One night, before she went to bed she approaches her mother, Mrs. Shanta.