July 31, 2012

It has been a whole year since my last blog post. It has been a year of incredible growth; immense joy, immense pain and immense love, all of it culminating into coming face to face with myself. Stripped of all that I have held to be true and “me”. In total, naked honesty. And finding

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January 24, 2011

Despite my best intentions, I have been unable to write the next segment on the issue of health in 2011. But here goes.. By now, we know that health is not merely the absence of disease. We’ve also taken stock of our current condition and situations. We may have resolved to go through some of the

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September 7, 2010

On the eve of the first day of school, I had to sit down and unentangle the knot of emotions. My youngest starts first grade tomorrow – “real school”. This will be so different from kindergarten – all day in school, lunch at school, expectations of parents and teachers, new friendships and new heartbreaks. Things

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June 27, 2010

Biking is one of those outdoor activities that one has a love – hate relationship with depending on one’s physical conditioning, endurance and the ability to enjoy solitude. For several summers, we biked as a family, our young daughters trudging along in their Burleys. But there has come a point where they have outgrown these

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June 22, 2010

Sometime ago, I asked my amazing, wise, fantastic friend to make me an art piece. She is the co-creator of Living Unbound and author of this cool blog. She made this – Heart Hands, symbolizing giving from the heart. Meanwhile, I had started working on a poem that came in a flash of inspiration. When I

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