A Persistent Struggle

"Happy Birthday Teacher!"

What she heard a pop of party popper and a line of students waited for long for her arrival at her tuition and what she found a variety of cakes-coffee cake, its sweet glaze was quite perfect accompaniment to the coffee. Rich and moist with a flavor that felt hearty and solid, black forest with a bloom of sweet strawberries and cream adorned layer and a homemade plain choco-cake filled with love and lots of prayers. Elsa didn't realize that it was her birthday as she used to be busy in work at her office as an employee and at her tuition at home.

A pretty long struggle of fourteen hours daily.

She used to have two shifts of tuition students and not only she taught them but a beautiful bond was too created with all her sweet little champs and she thought it was only the reason that they all were super excited for her to celebrate her day.

She wished one could feel the pain that she suffered daily doing her work without any break sometimes forgot to take her lunch and breakfast too or sometimes she had no time to have it. Sometimes the life makes people very busy struggling for their career but Elsa was struggling for her parents.

"Sister, I need my school fee."

"Why? Your June and July months are off".

"Yes, I know but every school takes amount of both months."

"Alright Shane, as soon as I get my tuition fee, I would pay your fee."

"Sister, Baba took all my money which I earned today and I planned to do my shopping now I have nothing to buy."

"Alright Aidan, I'll pay you soon, you may have your shopping soon." said Elsa gracefully.

Shane and Aiden were her younger brothers. They relied upon Elsa as their baba couldn't afford much. Almost all her tuition fee was spent on necessities of family members.

Elsa asked God:

"Dear God, I wish one day You open my door to peace and ease and erase all painful burdens of dept of my baba."

She used to watch other girls having their wishes fulfilled by their parents and what they earned, they spent on themselves, some bought their properties and some got married. She somehow got complexity watching them so independent, free from all burdens, even having so supportive parents but her scene was of course different than all.

This persistent struggle didn't erase something that she saw in her office. It was he who had greenish flammy eyes. It kept hitting her mind with his repetitive reflection. She was worried too about family problems and felt something special for that person too.

"Dear God, You know everything but I know nothing. Why do I feel that you love him more? Why does he seem to have religious personality? Why do I feel so jealous looking at him or may be he looks so peaceful that I struggled a lot to have it in my life?" Exclaimed Elsa with curiosity.

She had no answer but a a lot of work behind waiting for her to get done. She decided that her thoughts about Mr. Ryan were silly thoughts.

Elsa said, "To be very honest this practical life is far tough than thinking a lot for someone." She hoped that she would never think about him again.