I am saying goodbye to 2025 with mixed feelings. It has been a very long year. As I go through my morning pages to decide what to include in this post, I get lost down memory lane. So much has happened. Both heavy and healing. Both torturing and teaching. And here’s why. Things that were…
Read moreThose were the days
Children’s day made me feel a bit nostalgic. Here are my memories of a wonderful childhood, despite the scoldings and whacks. (They were so normal at that time) We ran with bare feet,On soft muddy streets.Played on wide open grounds,With green grass around.When leaves became chapattis,And stones became rice,What fun it was playing saakli,And “dhaba…
Read moreWhen the tears don’t come
Three deaths in one month. Enough to shake anyone. But when two are sudden and unexpected, it doesn’t just shake—you shatter. It’s not as if I haven’t known loss. I’ve lost my husband, my father, a dear friend, a beloved cousin—and of course, my dog Muffin. Except for Dad, they all died far too young….
Read moreBeing A Woman
It almost seems a sin not to write a blog post on Women’s Day! I absolutely love being a woman. To me, a woman is like the sky; everchanging, yet constant, mysterious, stormy, peaceful and a glimpse of heaven! I love the fact that I can feel so deeply, that I can cry with someone…
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