Beyond Horizons...

  This year was something serious crazy. I remember flying out from US to India in January. Covid was then only a news 'something happening in China', not in anyone's wildest imagination it would've made to every corner of the world. Unfortunately it did.  All of us have seen trying times. People losing their loved ones, their jobs, living through uncertainties of all kinds. It tested everyone. In spite of all this saying bye to 2020 calls for grand celebration.  Celebrate, t hat you made through 2020. Celebrate where you are, with whomever you are with whatever you are. You did it. You can do it again.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 🤗 

When I say Indians I mean people from a country in Asia. Saying Thank you and meaning it, is something I have seen evident in western world. I have met many people who have said Thank You on different occasions. It is so heart warming. It is different. It is different from what I am used to hear back home.  Being two years in US, kid has picked up many things best I say from this culture too. She is a polite kid. She says thank you to me if she loves some dish I prepare or read a book to her. It was shocking when I first heard. I am used to now, both hearing it and saying it a lot. If my mom hears me saying thank you for a meal, she would kick me out(off course after finishing the meal) and lecture me to no end about my saying so.  Saying Thank you in India is almost frowned upon. It is a part of culture. Here are few reasons Indians don't say Thank you, It is no big deal. Like no biggie. I got you some groceries, helped your kid study or help you raise a kid, gave you a ride,...

The only thing constant they say is the change.  Losing my dad, my rock in year 2018 changed my life. It wasn't like I had never experienced loss before. Nothing came closer to this. It was pretty bad for mom, so 2019 I decided to be in India with her. While hubby continued in USA. Surprisingly kid too wanted to continue in USA, without me. It was surprising, little scary. I never thought she will last more than 15 days without me. To tell the truth after landing in Mumbai, I was almost everyday would be expecting to receive a call from hubby to come and pick her 😀 Spending time with my mom in 2019-2020 is yet another decision I am super proud of. It was a priority for me. It was much required time together for us. We laughed, we roamed around, we ate, we slept, we watched TV, we went on walks almost everyday,  we cried sometimes and more importantly we healed together. #Blessed When pandemic hit us in January 2020, no body could really imagine scale, spread of the virus, or ...

  “Roads? Where we are going doesn’t need roads.” Doc Brown says in a movie Back to the Future to Marty.  By the way he also says, ‘Marty, whatever happens don’t go to year 2020