My Back Yard, Then and Now

Looking out my back door I see my son playing in the backyard. Our backyard is something we treasure since we didn’t have this back home. There, when I looked out my back door I saw a tiny cemented area just big enough to hold our semi-automatic washing machine, the clothes line and a few potted plants. I could also look into my neighbor’s house and hear their kids screaming and fighting. I remember when I was pregnant and the doctor had told me to walk daily, this is the only space I had to walk up and down. I also remember worrying about where my soon to be born child would play.

Now he runs about the backyard exploring, learning and having fun. He chases bubbles, plays dodge-the-ball, looks for “berries” in the trees and throws bread out for the birds.

Tomorrow he and I are going to spend our holidays back home. My son will see for the first time what we left behind. He is too young to appreciate what we have done for him, that we have given him the best of everything.

We have been practicing the popular song “Dil Dil Pakistan” which translates to “My Heart, Pakistan”. He sings it with a foreign accent with a smile on his face.

I can’t wait to see what he thinks of his tiny cemented backyard. With his limitless imagination he will probably not even notice how small it is. I’m sure he will make the most of it, more than I ever could.

Daily Prompt: Lookin’ Out My Back Door

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