Farewell Day

 Farewells.


Sunday,while cleaning the house for Ugadhi festival, I found the steel trunk which had been with me throughout my hostel life.
I brought it along with me after marriage to Hubli.
This steel trunk brought back Nostalgia.
It has fond memories of my school,Junior college and Medical days.
Some random pictures of faces forgotten.
But what was interesting most....
The Farewell Slam Books...

Slam book we friends wrote for each other on Farewell Day....

The last day of that education period.....
10th Standard
12th Standard
MBBS....
Housemanship
Postgraduation......

Farewell Day....
A very emotional day.
Mixed feelings.
A feeling of Pride and Happiness in completing a Milestone of our Life.
A feeling of Apprehension ...thinking about future...what happens next.
A feeling of Excitement....for starting another new phase of Life.

Most important feeling is....
Sadness of parting with friends with whom we shared a great bond for years.
Friends with whom we grew older....traveled a phase and journey of our life together.....
Friends who will go now in different directions and towards different paths and goals in life.
Friends who may be in contact henceforth....while some may get missed.....while few lost forever.

Farewells are emotional indeed.
Writing sweet messages to each other in that Slam Book.
Sharing information about one another.....
Ending the last day together with promises of being in touch and in contact with one another.....

Some promises were kept.....
While some remained only in that Slam Book.....
On the last day together of that....
Farewell night.

- Dr Tripti Milind Galgali
Hubli.

Still hoping those lost on that Farewell Day....
May reunite some day ....soon.


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