Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Together we stay in our hearts for ever and ever

Mapquest says it takes 45 hours and 41 minutes approximately to reach Berklee college of music ,Boston,Ma. By flight approximately 6-9 hours. I wonder how it is going to be like without you parading our house. The most liveliest member of the household. Mercurial in temper, equally mercurial in cooling down ,boisterous,serious,matured and above all compassionate. I am sure London (our households German Shepherd) is going to stealthily move up the hierarchyof power, once he learns  that you are gone away pursuing what you like.

You always ask me if I am going to miss you and why we parents don't exhibit gestures of separation anxiety. I am going to replace my morning prayer time by listening to your arangetram tracks. Soak up the music and spread it in my heart. Appa may go for an extra mile of jogging with London as he will be  petrified to listen to my ramblings .

Past week end (to be precise aug 18th 2018) was a day of culmination.  A day when you walked up the stage and took your seat in the dias. A rightful place for an artist.  A humble beginning which heralds an artists making and unmaking. Unmaking in the sense you try reaching the essence of what you are singing and let go of your personal ego. I listen in total wonderment  in my heart and merriment  in my eyes as you start  singing various notes stringing them in your mellifluous voice. In Latin 'mel' means honey and 'fuere' means to flow. Merriam-Webster can't be wrong. Can they be?.  No I don't think so.

Numerous music lovers,friends,teachers confirmed this meaning on that day. Apart from the prowess you exhibited, the quality of music which I particularly like is the joy you have when you start singing. It invariably trickles down and reaches the viewer. You should be aware of this. You should definitely be glad about this.

So the answer to your question whether we will miss you is a definite yes. Mapquest and Merriam-Webster are pretty accurate in their description. But I feel the distance between a child and parent is the distance between two hearts. That it means, there is no separation at all. It it one of the ways nature meant it to be. We come very close to experiencing oneness of things by holding our children close in our hearts and wishing them the very best wherever they may be.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Summer Holidays in USA

Theres goes the school buzz and my high schooler dashes back home to celebrate his  yet another summer in this great sub continent. He has a long list of  'TO-DO'S'  like straightening his hair and coloring it too. I remember roughly during spring break that it was ear piercing  thingee.

It was quickly turned down by my husband as the boy has a tendency to wash down things  during shower along with dirt.

So today it was comparitively simple , a taste bud related demand which was to taste Haagen Daaz ice creams.

I call my husband to pick few cartons from a nearby CVS pharmacy and we start the holiday with a sweet  taste.