Category: Gratitude
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Milestones – 5 years!
I feel you before I hear you. Your tiny hand is on my forehead. My eyes flutter awake to your “Can you wake Appa so he can put me in bed?” I absently shake Saathi who sleep-walks you to bed before he falls back in his a few minutes later. I am wide awake now.…
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What are you thankful for?
“What are you thankful for?” “Family” says Ammu. “Turkey” says Pattu and runs away with an impish smile. I look expectantly at Saathi. “For the lovely ladies in my life” he says with a twinkle. I turn inward. “What am I thankful for?” Each year the answer evolves. All years include family, friends and food…
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Adrift
I watch you as you bend to place something in your overnight bag for the umpteenth time. Your forehead is creased with lines. Laugh lines. Worry lines. Anxiety lines. Sad lines. The lines that tell me the story of your life. I stand by the stove stirring the boiling pot of water with specks of…
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Reflections on the years past
As we turn the corner into December and watch the end of the year loom larger ahead, reflections on the year(s) passed creep into my head. It starts slowly. A sense of gratitude sneaks in along with the twinkling lights at night. The chill outside seems to edge the temperatures higher inside me. I feel…