Remembering you…
There are fewer joys in life than to be able to start a blog entry in the New Year by writing to you. I suppose, asking you “How are You” really does not make much sense. I can only hope you are happy and at peace wherever you are.
I’ve been doing well myself. Not that you need an update about me…I know you are watching everything from somewhere.
It’s not that I remember you only once a year on a particular day and hence I write to you only then. But on the anniversary of this day, the memories are powerful and come back to me stronger than many of the other days of the year.
There are days when my eyes well up with unshed tears and a lump forms in my throat when someone mentions something or some incident happens, that reminds me of you…most often in a indirect way. I still miss you, everyday. Your departure left a vacuum that nobody or nothing else can fill. And yet I know you are still alive through me…there are so many things about myself and the way I am…that reminds me of you. The independent nature, the stubbornness, the always-follow-logic attitude, remembering to be practical and not be carried away in the moment…all that and much more.
However I am far more at peace now than I’ve ever been in recent times. Especially since the first one year since you left, where I struggled to find my foothold and figure out where I am headed. You sent someone to me to keep me company for the rest of my life. Of course life isn’t perfect and there are always struggles and obstacles along the way. The miracle is not in having a perfect life; it is by working to overcome the obstacles and learning to be happy by overlooking the imperfections. That alone makes the difference.
Each day is a new day. Each day I learn. And then I thank my stars that I knew and had you as my grandfather, with me, guiding me, for the first 23 years of my life. Whatever I am today, I owe it to you. A single ‘thank you’ is never enough.
As another January 18th passes by… three years down the line, I have now learnt now to celebrate your life, than to just mourn your departure.
Remembering you everyday…
Your loving granddaughter.
The 7-meme tag
Ok so Smitha tagged me to do this one (and also later Destination Infinity tagged me for the same tag).
What’s that? What this is all about?
Let me copy that from Smitha’s post.
What this is about:
To unite bloggers (from all sectors) in a joint endeavor to share lessons learned and create a bank of long but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to see the light of day again.Rules:
1) Blogger is nominated to take part
2) Blogger publishes his/her 7 links on his/her blog – 1 link for each category.
So I have to go digging for some my very good earlier posts. And that would make me sad…since those days I had the time and inclination to write. These days, chances of that are pretty slim. Even then I am trying to keep my blog active somehow. Anyway…here goes!
1. Your most beautiful post
That would have to be my very first post. It remains my favourite till date. And it contains the reason to start blogging. Need I say more?
2. Your most popular post
It is not everyday that a marriage proposal comes for you from the UK 
Around the time I posted this was the time my blog was starting to pick up more readers. This made the readership shoot up. I guess that counts for the ‘popular’ part, doesn’t it? Well it comes in a close tie with this post – the finale of the hugely popular MM series.
3. Your most controversial post
I generally avoid controversies per se on my blog. I prefer recounting humourous or happy incidents and stories. However 2 posts of mine…came within slight range of controvery. Someone who read the post the first time instead of reading the entire series labelled me as a NRI brat over here. And my friends gave it back left right and centre. But even then I really wouldn’t think they created much of a furore. Hmm maybe I need to start creating some controversies then! 
4. Your most helpful post
Erm…come again? I haven’t really written of that sort, not really a travellogue (except pics of Kerala) and certainly no recipes, no how-to posts….hmmm… this tag is beginning to make me realise I haven’t got as much as versatility as I thought I did! Hmm this post would not be called ‘helpful’ per se since the tone is not intended for that. But then as I read through it I realised that quite a lot about the process for applying for a visa has been covered here….it might help people appearing for visa the first time round.
5. A post whose success surprised you
My posts are the best, they all deserve to be successful This post was restricted to a certain tag and a certain number of people who would actually understand the plot. I had expected only a certain set of people to come and read this. However the tag became mighty popular and people started following it as a series. It started with hitchy, passed on to OG (who has by now almost disappeared from the blog scene), who tagged Vimmuuu, who finally pushed it onto me. The Al-Shabab team, please take a bow. The series rocked, and so did the post. Crafty did the tag after me, and then tagged Indyeah …who well…by then had stopped blogging and the tag died an unnatural death 
6. A post you feel didn’t get the attention it deserved
This post came to me in the spur of the moment. And I promptly jotted it down. I love the narrative in this post, and the conclusion which springs out at you. I think it deserved more attention.
Not too many people would have read this one which is my second post. I met most of my (by now) blog friends only later. Would like to bring this post to everyone’s attention as well.
The problem is, I have many other posts…..but they don’t fall into any of these categories
Hey Smithus, whaddaya say?! Shall we invent a tag customised to individual post requirements? 
Jokes apart, hope you guys n gals enjoy reading these posts… as much as I enjoyed digging through my archive and re-reading them 
Husband for rent!
Gee….so THAT’s what husbands are for!! Thanks for letting me know!!
P.S.: Pic taken during my UK days. Found as an ad on the back of a delivery van!
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