Yazhini - The Guardian Angel

Janani

We are a seed from the womb of a fruitful tree that nurtures us. After birth, the first person we feel or see is our mothers and not everyone is fortunate to experience this magnificent blessing that God has created and showered upon us. One such unfortunate seed is Yazhini, covered with flaky layers of hard wooden shells, she looked like a miniature pineapple. She was plucked away from the branch by a bird even before she was prepared to germinate. She was deprived the blessing of witnessing her mother. Her eye-catching appearance could be the reason many birds picked her up and dropped her in various places. After losing grip of her in its beak, the bird had dropped her into the river. She laid wedged between river pebbles and was trying her best every day to make her way out. She would feel the warmth of the sun's rays and the chilling stream, fishes would also come and nibble her flaky shell. One fine day she was picked up by a little egret who flew into the river to fetch some food to feed her hatchlings. Yazhini was overwhelmed, the freedom she experienced was immeasurable, she felt the gust of wind and cherished it. With Yazhini in her beak she flew into the forest and placed her in the nest with her hatchlings. She considered the little egret as her mother, since she unchained her from the cluster of pebbles in the river. She called her Janani. Yazhini ended up jiggling around all over the nest as the hatchlings were jumping for joy. In the midst of their fluttering wings, she fell off the branches and landed on the wet ground. With teary eyes she looked up to Janani expecting her to come down and pick her up, but she lay down disappointed. She ended up being alone again.