10 years of togetherness

Will you ever be able to finish your work? I usually get questioned on this thing, at my home, my workplace and everywhere, and frankly speaking I don’t know it either. I have always been a workaholic, I just love my job, my work and I have never been tired of doing it. whether its my daily chores at home or it’s my hard work with my kids, whether it’s my work at office or spending time in NGOs on weekends, I just love everything about it. after being this busy in my life one thing I have always been careful about, which is my relationship with my husband. I guess my life without him seems incomplete. I remember everyday spend with him and it always makes me feel grateful for having him. I love how the day ends and starts with him. Even after being so busy in my life my kids and my husband are my source of energy. They are my first priority and will always remain. I have been dreaming of this perfect life, to be this successful and happy. Those past days of my life, whether the good or bad ones, they make me feel motivated. Even after going through the bad ones, there were and will be days when I will be happy and cherishing my life to its fullest.

So let me introduce myself now, my name is Maya khan, I am a research analyst in one of the leading companies of iit in New York and I also own a nonprofit Ngo for women’s association and helping needs which has two branches one in New York and one in Amsterdam, I am married and my husband’s name is Dr. Hamza khan, he is a sugreon. I have two kids Ayesha and Ebrahim. I have been living in New York for almost 15 years. Because right after my studies I got a job here and got married here itself.

So today I will be describing about a day of my life, it was basically my wedding anniversary, this year we completed 10 years (touchwood) a decade I would say. I can’t believe how quick these years have passed by; it just seems yesterday when we actually decided to get married. As people say ‘a happy marriage is like a long conversation which always seems too short’.   So, every year we have dinner together because I guess that is one of the things, we like doing together, even though we do it everyday but still it hits different on this particular day.

Every year I make my favorite food this time I thought of making his favorite food. I know it sounds weird that on this day it should be our favorite food every year but it is as it is.

So, let me tell you about his favorite meals, he likes spinach and cottage cheese. He likes red meat with garlic bread and white chicken sauce spaghetti. And in sweets he likes gajar ka halwa, that’s an Indian dish and I would say that is my favorite too. It is absolutely delicious and he likes that dish only if it is made by me.

 so, every year he knows about this dinner but this time I decided to give him a surprise. So, what I did was, this time I told him that I will not be there for the dinner I have business dinner and these clients who are coming are very important for me, I can’t miss it. I didn’t have that grudge to tell him this on phone because I know how he would react to it so I just messaged him and kept my phone on silent. So, what I wanted to do was that I give him a surprise on our new farm house which I bought last month for him and this was his gift. It’s been a month so I know that how I have kept this news from him because ever since we have met there isn’t a single thing which I haven’t told him right after it happened. So, I have already furnished the farm house and it is absolutely beautiful, the way he always wanted it to be. I hope he likes it. so yes, I have been planning this surprise for almost 2 years. I know it’s been a very long time but there were a lot of things which I kept in my mind before buying a farm house and the most important thing was the location which I wasn’t able to decide so quickly. No one knows about this farm house except for Shoaib and Sabina.  Sabina is my best friend and Shoaib is her husband who is hamza’s best friend. I wanted to consult someone before buying this house and they seem the most appropriate option to me with whom I would discuss it with and it turned out really well, they actually made it really easy for me. so, this farm house was basically our spot. A place I could spend some time with him in peace. Our home back in New York is also good and I have appreciated in staying there with him whether it’s anywhere but this place has its own charm I would say yes, it is different from our house. So, let’s get back to the part where he is angry that i am not with him on this big day. So, I told Shoaib and Sabina that when I will be not meeting him you will bring him surprisingly here and just tell him that it is an emergency in a place and we have to go there immediately and obviously don’t tell him about anything, nothing about the surprise. So, I was so much excited when Shoaib messaged me that they will reach in 10 min. I was just getting ready and today I wore a dress which he gifted me on my birthday this year, and it is one of the most gorgeous dresses that I have ever got from him. So, when they arrived hamza was in the front and he was told that there is a patient and so he had to visit him immediately. The moment he entered the house I just opened the lights and just surprised him. I was Soo excited and Soo much happy to see him because I just saw his reaction and when he saw me and realized it that there wasn’t any patient and it was a surprise for him his expressions were worth anything in this world. I was just shivering all over. I just went and hugged him. I felt his warmth which I was missing since morning. It felt very good. And then something happened for the very first time which I have never seen. I actually saw tears in his years. I was blank for a min and I didn’t know how to respond to it and all off a sudden he said thankyou Soo much for making me my favorite food. And I am like really!? Off all the things the first thing you notice is the food? What about my dress the house or anything else? Well, I was happy when he said that and I just realized that yes, I did marry a person wh0 is a very big foodie and he can never live without it and I started laughing when he talked about the food. Then he saw the house and everything and he was really shocked when I told him that this is his farm house and he owns it and the happiest thing for him was that he had his own gaming spot in that house which he doesn’t have in New York. So Shoaib and Sabina were already in a hurry because they left kids alone. So, hamza met them and said goodbye. Just after they left hamza got over to me and the first thing he said was why didn’t you tell me about the house before. I told then it wouldn’t be a surprise for you and then I wouldn’t be able to see your reaction. He stared at me for 5 min and I was like will you say something? He was like you haven’t left me with anything to say. I said what do you mean? Was it so bad that you can’t even say a thankyou to me for all this what I have done for you? All you care is that why didn’t I told you about the house before? And all that crab. Just after I said that he hugged me and said “I feel really grateful for having you in my life. Getting married to you was the best decision I could ever take. You gave me two little twins 8 years back and it was one of the most happiest days of my life, I managed my life because of you, you made everything look easy for me in the last 10 years and I hope to enjoy and cherish every second with you for the rest of my life even though I know you won’t let me play my games till mid night, you won’t let me eat gajar ka halwa every week and for everything for which you say no to, still I am ready to be with you forever, thankyou Soo much for everything. I love you”.

Even though we have spent 10 years together and every day with him just makes me feel good that I have someone really nice and good person in my life, who has no doubt been really irritating to me sometimes but his honesty, his loyalty and what not has just kept me stick to him till now for which I will be eternally grateful. After all he is exactly the same person whom I met 10 years ago. After listening his words, I couldn’t be happier. I didn’t know he loved me Soo much. All the hard work I did for this surprise just seemed worth it. I felt happy.