My Mother..

 Today it is my mother's birthday... She is not her old self due to ill health and seldom speaks. She has always been an avid reader and this is the only habit which she has retained. Am sure it is reading which still keeps her alive... a few words to my dearest mother...

Happy birthday dearest...

Hope you remember the good old times you created for each one of us...

Hope you remember the time you spent teaching us not just from the books but to preserve our integrity no matter what...

Hope you remember that it is you who taught us to have faith but without it's trappings.

Hope you remember that it is you who taught us to love the elderly since you dropped everything to run and look after your parents...

Hope you remember that it is you who taught us to love without all the show...

Hope you remember that it is you who taught us to love books and to read....

May God give you many more years...

2020

 What is there to write about 2020? How is 2020 going to be remembered? 

It is one year that changed everything, everyone. 2020 changed the world. For many Corona may have taken away a loved one but for my family we lost a loved one but not to corona. It was totally unexpected and all of us are yet to come to terms with it. 

This year took away my younger sister's husband. He was in his prime and had no business going away so soon. But he is gone.. leaving behind many perplexed, grieving souls. 

Once again he left on a day that was being celebrated. He died on the day our son was born. As I wrote on this blog, my FIL died on our wedding day.

These 2 days will remain as a day of happiness and sorrow. Maybe life is telling us not to be too sad or too happy?