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Life is Really Volatile and Amusing Too!

I came across weird incident off late in my life which I love to share with my readers.I used to yell at my husband that I miss small pleasures and petty romance in life. Like wife asking money from husband and husband avoiding,sitting on scooter and going on a long ride or pleasant surprises.One day I saw my husband era ing something in a paper ficticiously,it was very obvious that he didn't want me to see it.I was into some serious conversation.... Then suddenly I screamed and asked him ' what are hiding from me?' he said nothing twice..... Then he showed it was a papaya.... But after this his taunt still hurts me. He said ' Y ou are really weird.".. Some times you think you have missed small pleasures of
Ice and I wanted to serve on your plate this fruit tomorrow morning at break first time.. And now you say.... Oh only this fruit.... You were hiding...?' and he looked in my face thoroughly confused....I burst out into a loud lauter and asked myself....' really what I want...? And smiled my self....

Geeta Rao

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Blood Is Thicker Than Water!

Recently I happen to witness this incident.My cousins Asha and Kumuda were never on talking terms because of some ancestral hatred.Recently Asha was to visit Kumuda's city. Hence she made it a point that she has Kumuda's telephone number with her! Asha went there and spoke to her cousin and talked to her cordially.She was really beaming with happiness and satisfaction.Some sort of much needed connectivity I saw in her eyes!At the back of my mind I thought whatever you do ' blood is thicker than water' it has to show it's connectivity.And thanks to Asha and Kumuda for setting aside their long standing enmity....isn't it life?
Geeta rao

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I kept my romance alive!

Me and my husband are turned into health freaks off late! We go for walk in the early morning daily. And we are in our late fifties. I consider my husband as the most unromantic and unemotional person. But I never thought such persons unknowingly can kindle the light of romance some times.The other day in the last leg of our walk,my husband said,'come to the garden after the walk' I was suddenly thrilled' had he told this sentence 30 years back' ....
He was least bothered about my entry in the garden as he was busy with his breathing exercises. Then I thought myself let me keep my romance awake... That is how we need to live life instead of yelling.I kept myself happy in my small world.
Today is our 30th wedding anniversary!
Geeta Rao

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life and FIne Arts!

My cousin Gargi who is in California shared a beautiful and nostalgic experience with me the other day and I like to share with my readers as you people play a greater role in my life.Gargi's family is known for fine arts.When she was very young her mother used to send her to dance class forcibly to get a taste of fine arts.Those days probably Gargi s looking for excuses to skip a class. one day she could not follow the teacher so the etcher patted her on the calf muscles.Gargi thinking that it was an insult to her, ran home with long face to get consoled. poor Gargi, she never thout that she would get a bigger blow !When she went home an told her mother what all happened in the class her mother took her back to the class by her ear! And warned her she she gets those dance steps she need not return home!THen she never looked back and the rest of it is history. today she stands tall as a performing artist in California.
What I felt after hearing this experience force is needed at times to mould our lives from parents.It is not at all wrong. Today she feels so indebted to her mother. Even I became very overwhelmed and touched.Parents take us to the pond but we need to drink water!In the whole conversation I found only love and concern from both side.
This is just a small incident am sharing but all of us have such instances happened in our lives. May be they change our perception offering better introspection!

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Life as it came to me!

We are a middle class family. Right from the beginning kept a low profile to save money for the education of children. Anyway today my son is working with the world no 1 company. The other day he took me to show golden gate of San Francisco. I was sitting back in his car and thinking...nostalgic. When i was in my heyday I couldn't afford much fun. Even my friends would make fun of us as we couldn't go out of city. Those days i used to feel very sad and low. but the other day when son took me in his car i was thanking my stars for investing in education. Today I can surely tell others that what we invest in education will come back to us in double! i felt my hard work and effort has been paid back with excellent fruits. The joy of education is inexplicable.
Geeta Rao

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Life Amuses!-the ant and the grass hopper!

Folks I am very sorry to meet you people after a long time. I have come to stay with my son in USA. The natural beauty of California caught me forever!You know what I remembered when my son had come to pick me up at the air port? i want to share with you all. I have two sons. Both are there in USA.Right from the beginning the second son is street smart and he only taught my first son to ride scooter long back!
My eldest son is very academic minded and hence he didn't mind all these things. But when he sat on the wheels of his car i became nostalgic and remembered very hesitant boy learning to ride a cycle shyly has been metamorphosed into a very confident youth driving his own car.
Somewhere it loomed large in my mind that story of ant and the grass hopper. Life is the best teacher,we can refuse to learn in schools and colleges. But when life teaches we are unable to forget that lesson That is the beauty of life teaching us!
I was told before boarding the plane that we are not supposed to talk to strangers and all those old granny tales. But whenever i needed i got god sent people to help me. Right from drinking coffee to picking up baggage from the conveyer belt. an American girl Bridget boosted my morale high throughout the journey. Travelling is the best teacher, it teaches us a lot. I learnt to be open minded, and also understood people are like me only 'something they know and some thing they have to know!'


Geeta Rao

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