The start of my blog

I got the idea of starting this blog this morning after feeling very sick with human behaviour or to be more precise Sri Lankan human behaviour. Blogging may be therapeutic hence my wish to start one. It may also be a way of holding on to my sanity when the world around me is going crazy.

This evening I am taking my unmarried spinister aunt to see a doctor. She has a back problem. The problem is not my having to take her to the Doctor. She lives in the same house as her sister and her brother is a neighbour. Both these families come so often to see my parents when they are ill. They come so often that sometimes it is a burden on us to entertain visitors after a tired day's work. But how is it they don't take their own sister to the doctor when she needs to be taken to.

Is it the question of money? Or is it a question of a relationship being so strained that they do not want to look after her when she is sick.

But how can it be both. Sri Lanka is a country with free medical care. Is it that hard to take her to a government dispensary. Or even to a GP near the house who will charge Rs. 100/- for consultation. And how do you ignore even a sick animal let alone your own sister.

I do not know whether I even want to know the answers to these questions.

All I know is that if I dont went my feelings I will end up being a bitter woman. And I do not want that for myself.