I sat near the window in my rook with a heavy heart. I had heaps and heaps of unshared feelings due to the absence of the person with whom I always shared my feelings. The person who had always stood beside me, accompanying me in my joys and sorrows could be contacted only through e-mails and rare phone calls.

Today my ears desperately wanted to hear her encouraging voice. My heart yearned for her in order to reveal my secret. My eyes wanted to see the person in the photograph to stand live before me.

Missing her and recollecting the sweet memories of the time we spent together has always been how I spend my days since the day she left Nepal. But today I miss her so much that I almost go mad.

Sometimes I wonder how can she and her absence have such a strong effect on me? But then I ask ‘Why not?” She was the kind who even if she did not share in my triumphs, was always there to help me during my times of distress and help me to another triumph in life.

And now I am grateful that I found such a friend though she is far away from me today. Her presence, though unseen, helps me aim high and work for it with the confidence that she is always rooting for me.