Nice biscuits

I was in Grade 3. It was a rainy Saturday. I was really happy that day for specifically two reasons. The first reason was that the school was only half day and the next day was going to be a holiday. The second reason was that my aunty and my cousin were going to visit us for lunch. I was eager to meet my cousin.

My mother picked me from the school. It was around 10:30 AM. I was hungry. I asked my mother, "what do we have for breakfast? I am really hungry".

We stopped at a groceries store. My mother told me, "I have not prepared anything for the breakfast. You can take any biscuit you want from the store and have it with milk". I was delighted withbthat suggestion because I really liked milk and biscuits.

I walked around the grocery store to see which varieties of biscuits are available with them. All the shining and colourful packets of biscuits were attracting my attention. I was looking at all of them with my curious eyes and trying to decide what did I want to get. Finally I saw the packet of Nice biscuits. I used to love those coconut flavour and sugar sprinkled biscuits. Without any further thought I picked up the packet and took it to the cashier where my mother was standing. She paid for the biscuits and we started walking towards our home.

After coming home I freshened up. Meanwhile my mother heated up milk poured in to my mug. My mother told me to take the milk and biscuits to the balcony and sit there while she prepared lunch for our guests. I took the mug and biscuits to the balcony and sat by the window. I dunked the biscuits in milk and ate them while watching the rain fall. The air was a chill; the hot milk and biscuits were comforting. I sat there for several minutes watching the rain. Everything felt like a warm and comforting hug. I had my favorite breakfast and I was going to meet my favourite relatives. It was definitely the best Saturday.

Today I ordered groceries. I had ordered a packet of Nice biscuits too. When the order was delivered I held the pack of biscuits in my hands. The packet of the biscuits itself took me back to my childhood days. I remembered that very Saturday morning. I reminded my mother of that Saturday. After remembering that I smiled at myself.

Coincidentally today appears to be a similar day. Today is not Saturday but a Tuesday. It has been raining heavily today. I wanted to relive that Saturday today. I poured myself a hot cup of milk and took the Nice biscuits. I sat in the balcony enjoying the rain with my favourite biscuits. I sat for almost 30 minutes without worrying about my work or future. Just relieving the beautiful nemories and moments. I realised how easy it is to lift up the mood. For me it required a raining morning, hot cup of milk, and Nice biscuits.