Category: Thanksgiving
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Bittersweet Gratitude
I love looking at FB memories first thing in the morning. Considering the platform has been around for almost two decades now and I have been an early adopter, I see glimpses of my pre-motherhood life woven in with pictures and notes from when the kids were younger. Given that I was prolific when it…
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A Lot To Be Grateful For
The end of November brings with it a sense of finality about the year. It is around then that I start taking stock of the year that has been and the year ahead. It is not quite the celebratory feeling that accompanies new year’s eve. This is sober, reflective and, has a gravitas to it.…
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Thanksgiving 2020: Much To Be Grateful For
As murky as the origins of Thanksgiving are, I have made it my time of the year to look back on the year that was and be cognizant of the things I am grateful for. A good many are the same year after year. Health, Family, Friends, Food and a home to hold it all…
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Gratitude: The Decade Long Version
The water undulates in front of me. It is mesmerizing, the flecks of blue and gold, the buoys bobbing up and down. Most importantly, I am alone, a rare occurrence in my life as a mother and wife. The sounds around me are soothing, the road noise, the water lapping against the concrete barrier. Even…
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Things I Am Grateful For This Year
My phone dings as I walk, interrupting the mellifluous voice of M.S. Subbulakshmi. I ignore the sound and continue walking. The air is chill and my nose is dripping. In the forty minutes that I take to circle the seventy odd homes that comprise my development, I see no other humans. I am home, mildly…
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Gratitude List
In a couple of days, all of the social media will be abuzz with recipes, food pictures, and gratitude lists. In what has become an annual tradition of sorts, despite the murky origins of this holiday, this week will kick-start our holiday season. I look back on the year that has gone by and linger…
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Gratitude List
I woke up this morning feeling incredibly rested. The clock showed 5:00 AM, far too early to be up on a holiday. I lay in bed, eyes closed but awake trying to put in words the things I am grateful for today. Instead of words, I got a series of visuals akin to watching a…
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Plenty to be thankful for
Messages of thanks abound in the world that I inhabit. My facebook feed is filled with them. My children bring home art work featuring turkeys and adorable “I am thankful for …” messages. It is no surprise then that I am reflecting on the things that I am thankful for. Like most others, I am…
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Gifts of time and cognizance
Tis that time of the year again when air waves abound with talk of gratitude. Of thankfulness. Every year as we count down to the new year, I reflect on the months past. On the peaks and valleys in my life. I review and relive the good and the bad. Well! the good mostly. This…
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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…