Ajoba

Featured image: Jules Zermati, Junge Frau und alter Mann beim Wickeln der Wolle

[He post muddamun Marathit lihite ahe. Ajobanbaddal boltana English madhye bolala tar chuklya chuklya sarkha vatata. Mahiti nahi ka.]

Shyam Aba jaun aaj ek mahina hoat ala. Baatmi milali tevha me ithe ekati hote. Vishwaas basla nahi ase nahi (te baryaach divsaanpasun hospital madhye critical hote), pan dukkha matra khup zala. Don divas fakta he samajnyaat gele ki tyanna ata parat baghta yenar nahi, bhetata yenar nahi. Ajunahi visarte adhun madhun. Mag madhunach athavata, dolyaatun paani yeta. Pan apan pudhe jaat rahaycha. Pudhe bagha, maage naka baghu, hi ajobanchich philosophy hoti.

Ekhaadi vyakti geli ki tichya jaanyacha dukkha astach, te taalta yet nahi, ani te taalu hi naye (asa at least mala vatata). Pan ekda ti dukkhachi pahili laat geli, ki tya vyakti chya aayushya kade baghava. Shyam Ajobanchya ayushyaat baghnya sarkhe, ani tya madhun shiknya sarkhe khup, khup ahe.

Gelya baryaach varshaanpasun tyanna Parkinson’s disease hota. Tya mule tyanche haat thartharayche. Nantar chaalayla, ani eventually, bolayla pan tyanna vel lagaycha. Pan asa sagla astana hi tyanni kadhi takraar keli nahi. Majhya kade tyancha 2013 madhla ek video ahe. Tyaat me tyanna mhante, “Aba video ghetiye, hi kara, hi.” Te haat var kartaat ani hasat hasat mhantaat, “Me asa haat dharla tari apoaap halto.” That one video sums up my grandfather really well. Kuthlya pan paristhiteet te silver lining baghu shakayche. Loka, “be positive” asa mhantaat, my ajoba used to “live positive.”

Tyanni svataha chya joraavar tyanchi library suru keli. Ti tyanni ani Aaji ni khup mahinatini vadhavli ani successfully chalavli. Majhya kaka ani baba na tyanni strictly, pan khup premani vadhavla. Svatha khup well off navhte, tevha pan te lokanna financially madat karayche. Bhootadaya asne mahattvaache aste, he te bolnyaatun nahi, tar vaagnyaatun dakhvayche.

Me lahaan astana majhya charihi aaji-ajobaanbaanchya sahavaasaat vaadhle. Charihi kay, Attu-Bumba dharun sahach khara tar. Kahi jananna ekaahi aaji cha kivha ajobancha sahavaas milat nahi, mala saha janaancha milala. And I will forever be grateful for this. Hema Aaji kadun me creativity ani free thinking shikle, Baal Abankadun toofaan laad karun ghetle (ani ajunahi ghete), Attu barobar hasayla shikle, Bumbankadun gentle discipline pan shakya asta he kalale, Jaya Aaji kadun work ethic cha mahattva shikle ani Shyam Aba… Shyam Abankadun, “life jhakaaaasss ahe,” ha attitude ghetla. Ata toh attitude “ghetla” he mhanana jara sa inaccurate ahe, karan itka sorted attitude angikaarnyaat me ajun successful zale nahiye. Pan prayatna chaalu rahil. Ajobaancha 1/10^th jari optimism ani chaangulpana mala svatahaat (ani eventually majhya family madhye) anta ala na, tarihi me khup bhagyavaan asin.

Thank you, Aba. Tumhi jhakaas hota, ani kayam jhakaas rahal!