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Grateful, even for the grief
Two years… [Originally published on Paper Dreams on 6th July 2024] How does one measure the passage of time? Do we measure it in units of months, days, hours and seconds, or in units of learning. If the former, then it has been two years since Sakshi left her mortal body for more eternal shores. Continue reading
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Healing
A post about my journey towards healing and completeness. [Originally published on Paper Dreams on 4th June 2024] I don’t think anyone gets it. No one can, unless they have walked this path. How with a Herculean effort you gather yourself and stitch together the severed pieces, only to have it all fall apart in Continue reading
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18…
Moving forward with Sakshi in our hearts. [Originally published on Paper Dreams on 27 October, 2023] 18th birthdays are special. A child’s transition into adulthood… at least on paper. Our particular conundrum is, how do you celebrate your child’s 18th, when she has already transitioned on to bigger things. Sakshi’s batch mates have spread their Continue reading
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Almost a Year!
It is almost a year. In the last one year, time has flown, crawled, and downright stopped! I can count on one hand the number of times I have been away from her, since she was born. The longest was for five days, that one time when I went on a trek. And here I Continue reading
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An Update…
It has been more than three months since I last posted anything out here. A lot has happened since that post. I have lived a lifetime and died a million deaths. Over the last few months, I had shared glimpses of my daughter’s and our journey as she fought a rare and aggressive sarcoma called Continue reading
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Today, She Gets to Play
Romance has begun anew. Lying gentle and bright on a bed of tender laps moving in and out of the Arabian bay. Madness bubbles in minds laughter escapes lips milk spilled on waves as night melts into day, The full moon has her way. The sea smiles. Draped in a blanket of light, Flung, not Continue reading
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