Doubles

 

Kids have become kind of independent. Life is kind of settled. So here I thought I can get into some activity to feel lively again. Little did I know that my body was not exactly in sync with my mind.

I started playing badminton with a few friends of the similar age group 30s n 40s. We started playing doubles cause singles was boring, tiring, too exhausting and not fun at all. We played for heck of it. We played for laughs. We laughed at each others mistakes and silly antics. Then came a 20+ year old lil lady, just married and out of college, the "baby" of our very "matured" group. To hit the shuttle she would run, skip, hop, slide and jump. Oh and jump she would like an expert. She would jump and hit a smash at us and we would scream our heart out of fear 😂. Well truth be told "the baby" was in the national level league..so...jump and slide she could. 

Once when I saw her jump, I wondered, had I jumped like that, my soul would have left my body and my skin and clothes would fall limp, slack and gather on the court floor. Ain't that a pretty funny picture. I thought of that and started laughing and when I laugh I cannot stop laughing. That started a laughing riot from the others when I told them. I'm sure the others playing in the next court would have lost it.

Some days back she sent me a video of Sania Nehwal doing a complete split to hit the shuttle and getting back up immediately and continuing the game. 😱 My mind again pictured a gruesome yet funny image of me doing the split..yea..the same split.. but ..I was still in that same split position, on a stretcher ....on my way to the hospital.

One more like-minded woman joined us. We were in awe of her when she played with us the first time. The way she played left us gaping. Her shots were hard and sometimes left us running in different directions. The best part about this group of ours is that all shared their knowledge, their techniques and strategies. We became better players than what we were when we first started. We learnt from them and at times they were stunned with our shots too. Point!!

The best part about having friends at this age, we don't have to show off or act like someone else or try to impress others. We are comfortable in what and how we are. Content and satisfied. We talk about our kids and husbands and sympathize and empathize with each other. Isn't that what we actually want? 

So pick up that bat or that basketball or that skates and start something to keep yourself active and happy. 

We started playing basket ball with some teens in our apartment. They scare the hell out of us. But we still play..pride has left our body the moment we spread our legs in front of strangers to deliver our precious darlings.

So..have fun ladies..life is not always about kids and husband. Next, we are planning to play seven stones😁😃.

Jeena Abraham ❤️.