Hi! So who's reading this? :)

Life's simple pleasures. Oft overlooked, taken for granted in the quest for the "big" things. But a good book, the look of adoration on your child's face, watching the sun rise with a steaming cup of tea for company..that's where it is really at. Now if only I could always remember that!

Just hope ever-hopeful me doesn't become bitter. That, now, would be a real tragedy!

Somtimes, you SO want to believe in the goodness of a person..for your own sake, not the person's.

At times, I'm convinced my mind is my greatest ally. It can rise to the occasion, dealing calmly and logically with the most stressful scenarios. At others...it can be quite a trickster. Just when I'm sure I've forgiven someone totally/moved on/made peace with a particular situation...I discover that it was but an illusion and I am back at square ( Read more... )

It's our tenth wedding anniversary today. Trivia for "Nadhika" fans :P: Nikhil and I both owned steel grey BSA SLR bikes when at school...and we both listened to the Top Gun soundtrack before leaving the house during the 10th standard board exams...and we didn't even know each other then!!!! Is that a coincidence or WHAT? :P ( Read more... )

One more cliche borne out today...The only thing constant is change...nothing is an exception, not even the closest of relationships. And much as you abhor change, there is really no sense in resisting it. Doing so would be very foolish indeed. The thing to do is to go with the flow and be true only to yourself ( Read more... )

A couple of you tagged me some time ago...so here goes ( Read more... )

I work the 8 to 1 shift now. This means I leave the house at an insanely early hour. The mornings are a blur of frenetic activity, as I try and compress all my chores into an hour-and-a half. But the moment I step out, it's like I switch off the homemaker. The commute is exclusively me-time. This is when I am neither wife, mother nor employee. I am ( Read more... )

I just love the new year! A time filled with such hope...it's like being presented with a beautiful diary in which you want to write of goals achieved, relationships nurtured, happy times spent...I personally value this day more than any festival.