Aniesha Brahma

My Childhood Love for September When I was a kid, September was full of wonder and happiness for me. It was my month. Things had to get better! After all, it was my birth month and things had to look up. Not just one day but the entire month was special to me. Because I grew up in a household where birthdays were treated as special. To this day, I remember my 10 th birthday. My sister’s best friend had spent the day with us. And around the evening, before my…well for lack of a better word, let’s just call them my friends came for the party, and my mother sent us out to get my cake from the local cake shop. We had placed an order for it. In those days, if you wanted a special cake – you had to place an order way ahead of time – because no one wanted just to pick up a cake en route to the party – though it seemed like a much better option. I had been pretty unmindful while crossing the road and almost got hit by a car. I still remember my sister yelling, “Be careful! It’s your b