Reasons to Celebrate...............

Celebration means......
A winter evening.
Four friends.
One barsaat.
Four glasses of beer.

Celebration means......
Hundred bucks of petrol.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.

Celebration means......
Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 a.m.

Celebration means......
3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.

Celebration means......
Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras deep-frying.
Neighbours dropping in.
A party.

Celebration means......
You and mom.
A summer night.
A bottle of coconut oil.
A head massage.
Gossiping about absent family members.

You can spend
Hundreds on birthdays,
Thousands on festivals,
Lakhs on weddings,

but to celebrate
all you have to do is spend your Time with your loved ones.

Keep in touch with your loved ones ........
Thats real celebration!

Sarah showing her dancing skills

Sarah @ Nine Months and standing

Sarah is eight months old today

Sarah is seven months old today

Sarah is Six Months old today

5 months old Sarah

4 months old Sarah

CUSP

The chimes of time tell me I am at a cusp
Cusp of oasis and unknown desert
Oasis, a time of a lifetime
Desert, a nameless place in time.
Spoilt by oasis, desert threatens the spirit
Today's open skies are being truly treasured
Now not alone adds to the heavy tomorrow
With the cusp nearing its end, time alone will tell.

3 months old Sarah

Once a Mom, Always a Mom

Name: Mrs Neelam Verma
Age: 55
Profile: Young Mother and Homemaker

Sounds odd but its true. I am referring to my mother here, who has raised not only me but my two sisters as well, to be the “all-rounders”. That’s a compliment, I once received from my mom-in-law. What better credentials. Well, all mothers are wonderful but I take pride in being the daughter of a super-wonderful mom cause she raised three daughters against all odds; emotional as well as financial. Without the support of a husband but that’s a different story altogether.

This January, my husband, Hakim and I finally exited the ‘Double Income, No kids’ bracket and welcomed our first kid into this world, Sarah. Our joys knew no bounds and I began my journey into ‘Motherhood’. But fate had plans, which caught us unawares. Sarah had not even completed her second month when Hakim and I met with an accident and I was run over by a speeding tempo. Broke my pelvic bone and right shoulder with multiple fractures. Typically one would keep the bad news to a minimum from parents but in our case, mom had to rush to the hospital with Sarah in her hand, witness her daughter’s pain with silent tears while rocking her grand-daughter.

And then the ordeal started. Mom was sole in-charge of Sarah while visiting me in the hospital and back home, managing the house. It’s been a month now that I have returned home from the hospital, completely bed-ridden for the next two months. Lying idle in my bed, it amazes me to see how mom is looking after her two babies. In-between changing diapers (truly a non- stop activity) and feeding Sarah, mom sponges and feeds me amidst the daily household chores. Not to miss, she never misses a chance to cook Hakim’s and my favorite dishes when Sarah is sleeping. At the age of 55, she is at our beck & call throughout the day and wakes up thrice in the night to attend to Sarah. That’s what I call a wonderful mom but what makes her a super-wonderful mom is she does all this with a constant smile, humming baby talk with Sarah without a second’s break. And trust me, I have seen and heard the ‘new moms’ at times complaining and fretting with baby blues! The way my mom has taken to new motherhood at her age is simply beautiful!


Hats off to you and Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!

2 month old Sarah

A month old Sarah

STOP PRESS

STOP PRESS - 26th Jan, 2007, 10:18 am- The cosy twosome of Priya & Hakim has become a Happy threesome thanks to Priya Junior- Sarah Badshah!