Twenty- five Seven

Hello 2014

January 1, 2014
Quite frankly I completely forgot I had this blog. Over the years I’ve had so many blogs that I started and stopped that I honestly thought that this was one of the blogs I had closed down or had automatically closed down because I hadn’t bothered to write and keep it alive.

Yesterday I got an Annual Report from WordPress about this blog and I was amazed to find that it was a good report. Somehow it inspired me to get back to this blog and write at least once a week if not more often. I am not too sure if this blog links back to my main blog Mumbai Daily at http://chowmiaow.blogspot.com and am still trying to get all my blogs under one umbrella.

2013 was a life changing year as was 2011 and 2012 which brings me to my pet theory that life is all about lessons and learning. There can never be a day when one doesn’t learn something new about oneself, your family or your world. This I find is a universal truth.

So what were my lessons in 2013 ?
1. Motherhood is different from grandmotherhood.
2. It is harder to lose weight as you get older not because your metabolism slows down but because your motivation is less.
3. You can still find a new pastry shop behind all the tomatoes – I discovered the most amazing pastry shop Quality which has been around for 12 years or more. It’s just that I never saw it.
4. Travelling solo is one of the best ways of seeing the world.
5. Yoga at 4.30 am is the best way to get a sticky back on track.
6. Weddings can unite and disunite a family.
7. All that glitters is truly not gold – many myths of happy families were busted this year and I realised that you really don’t know what happens behind closed doors.
8. Parents who send their children abroad to study should never expect them to return back to the fold especially if they don’t have property, a family business or an industry to come back to.
9. While you can never forget your sorrows you can never forget to smile.
So here’s hoping that 2014 will bring smiles to everyone!
Last Post- Relationships in transition

December 31, 2013

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The Last Post is sounded at sunset at every military camp when the flag is brought down signifying day’s end. This is my last post of the year albeit without bugle call and lowering of flag . However, I think the end of this year needs to be acknowledged as is the end of all years.

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The highlight of this year was transitioning to grandparenthood and even now after 9 months I do a double take when someone addresses me as “granny”. In my heart I don’t feel like one but of course reality says otherwise. This year has been one of great learning not only as a grandmother but also as a mother. I realised that life lessons are never really lessons for life – all that I’d learnt as a mother I soon forgot and had to re-learn as a grandmother.

Travelling solo was another experience that differentiated this year from the others gone past. It reassured me that I had a brain that could think for itself and that if I wouldn’t get lost in unknown territory.

Relationships that are always hard to figure out continued to remain difficult terrain with old relationships falling by the wayside for reasons still unknown to me and new ones being forged in the most unlikely circumstances.

Looking back I find that I’m no closer to achieving my targets than what I was when I set them out 365 days ago – issues that needed sorting out, still remain to be sorted.

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New Years have come and gone unnoticed these past few years as I slept through them like an everyday night, but tonight I shall awake to welcome the New Year not to the sound of hooters from the ships anchored in the Backbay but to the cries for a mid-night feed of the newest man in my life.

Happy New Year All!
Chasing Miracles

December 27, 2013

IT IS SAD AND TRUE THAT IT IS HARD TO FIND SEVEN
“EMAIL” FRIENDS WHO BELIEVE IN GOD AND ANGELS!

Interesting to see what eventuates.

You have received this angel because you at some point in
life have been an angel. No one saw your wings but they felt your love.

Let me know what happens to you the morning
after you open this e-mail. This is an
unusual one. It actually gives you a time
tomorrow. Let’s see if it works.

GUARDIAN   ANGEL

Forward this message the same day you received it. It may sound ridiculous, but it is right on
time. We believe that something is about
to happen. Angels exist, only sometimes
they haven’t got wings and we call them friends; you are one of them. Something wonderful is about to happen to you
and your friends. Tomorrow at 9:06 AM
somebody will address you and tell you something you have been waiting to
hear.

Please try not to break this.   Send it to at least 7 of your friends!

We all believe in miracles and there is always something that we desperately want. So when I received this email on Boxing Day I promptly sent it to seven of my friends. Sadly nothing happened at 9.06 am this morning.

Every now and then there are such emails that pop into my mail box. In the good old days they were chain letters. Some of them are harmless, some of them are fun ( like sending recipes or jokes to the first person on the list), some of them are cranky, some promise great rewards while some of them promise dire consequences if the chain is broken.

Most times I disregard these mail messages and don’t bother with clogging up my friends’ email boxes with stuff they can do without. Especially when someone is going through a trying time, facing challenges or hoping for something they desperately want, I particularly avoid sending such mails. But then why did I make an exception with this one?

Because I feel that these friends have enriched my life and for that I am truly grateful. But I also know that if wishes were horses beggars would ride and this will be the last email I’ll be forwarding to anyone either for fear of breaking a chain or in the quest of my miracle.

Hello 2014

Last Post- Relationships in transition

Chasing Miracles