Reflections Of A Desi Mom

  As I watched many reels of saying goodbye to 2022 and made a couple of my own it practically dawned on me that this year is coming to an end in just few more hours.  It was a year of enormous change for me as a person and us as a family. Even though we moved to another country in late 2021 the side effects trickled down to the beginning of 2022. It became a struggle to survive socially, emotionally and we all were a beginning to feel the twinge of covid + move + all the seasonal depression times 3! We had started to almost give up when came summer and just like the trees around us were filled with bounty our hearts were filled with joy and started to feel a lot less lighter. The sunlight, the long drives together, the fun and laughter with family visits, the innumerable dips in the pool helped us to see the country in a different light altogether. And just like that in the middle of all the chaos came the idea of moving AGAIN! But something had snapped inside. And it had made a big c

  This week we completed 8 months of relocating to a different country. So much has changed yet so much remains the same! This is 1 thought that I cannot brush off when I think about life after moving.  I wanted to write so much from so long but was extremely emotional about everything. I knew if I started to write I would break down inconsolably which was the last thing I wanted to do with a pre-teen daughter who has been on a roller coaster ride since the beginning of this move. Now that so much time has passed I have accepted the change. As many of you know we wanted to make this move pre-covid but as luck would have it, it got delayed for the longest time and the visa interview opened up just when I  was about to give up. I think only 2 people were 100% sure that this move will happen. One was my friend A and none other than N. And see how the stars aligned for N's ichcha-shakti (wishful thinking) we got our appointment date on the date when A was making her big move! That is w

                                                      I don't even remember after how long I am writing here... Have been sharing snippets of the big journey that we undertook but it was not the same.  It's not that I hadn't started writing earlier.. but every time I started, my fingers used to start trembling and throat choking after few lines in on the notepad... Making this big a transition was not easy for me...I hope someday I can share about my journey some day... but today is not that.  Today is an extended happiness post! 🥳                            N's birthday is a festival for me as most of you know it.. And be it scorching heat or lockdown or a new country - festival pe decoration and few surprises to bante hain!  Few months back when N was missing India home a lot, celebrating with a Harry Potter theme was like a flicker of hope in the dark cold tunnel. As May approached I made a list of things I will need to DIY for a HP theme as everything online was su