Birthday Card for Ravz

Green

Now and then it raises its head
No matter how careful I tread
Round and round in the whirlwind
Green and green I bled

The monster is taking me over
Its arrival I had so dread
I wanted to be sober
But it got me drunk instead

High on my new avataar
I soared on thoughts that it fed
Engulfed in its muddy hue
Green, just green I bled!!!

My Music and Me!

When life threw challenges
you stood by me
Stressed or forlorn
my solace you would be

If anguish hits me hard
I turn to you
Never disappointed
To me you remain true

It was always you and I
In pain or pleasure
My source of strength
When I’m shook beyond measure

Whilst busy with
All that life brings forth
You are all I think about
For what it’s worth

Keep me grounded
keepin’ it real
For I get carried away
By life’s appeal

If I were stranded
With nowhere to go
I’d pick you for company
Forever more!!!

Happy Birthday Aunt!

Made this birthday Card for my eldest aunt. She has been my favorite since she joined our family after she got married to my uncle. I used to spend a lot of time at their house. SO have a pretty good bond with her. I liked the final outcome of the card a lot, if I may say so myself.
Oh by the way, the words are not by me. I found them on the net. 😀

World Aids Day – May Empathy and Awareness prevail!

I revamped a card I had made last year. I think what I wrote still holds good.
May people become more empathetic towards AIDS victims and may everyone be aware of the facts related to AIDS. Prevention is always better than cure. So, stay safe and stay protected.
LLAP!

May Empathy and Awareness Prevail

Birthday Card for John Fugelsang

Happy Birthday to a wonderful human being!!!

Happy Birthday John!!!

Father’s Day!

My dad has always been my Inspiration. In college we had a session in class about who inspires us in life. Well, when it was my turn I said “My Dad”, “If I hate to see anything in this world it’s my dad’s disappointment in me” I continued, “He has lived his life on his own terms and he made a life for us that no one could have imagined him to achieve. He inspires me and I live to see him happy”.

I am married now, have a son. I try to be to my son what my dad is to me. A pillar of strength and the courage to go on. He taught us the three D’s of life. “Duty, Discipline and Dedication” he would always say. I have all three imbibed in me. That’s what has pulled me through some tough times in life. He also says that bad times don’t last too long, your day will surely come.

Even today, when its summer my memories quickly rush back to the days when we all would go to my grandparents’ in the train. I remember asking dad for water or to get me down from the top berth a zillion times per journey. I remember the sheer panic when he would get down at a station to buy something or to refill the water bottle. Will he be back in the safety of our coupe before the train left this station? He always did. 🙂

My dad was required to go on these official trips to neighboring towns. Till my dad got back home I was a wreck. A thousand thoughts would run through my little head, all negative and I would cringe inside. Added to the already jittery demeanor of mine in this regard, my dad was once stuck at a place where a cyclone had struck. No relief greater than when he was back home.

I loved watching sports and news with dad. He seemed like an encyclopedia when it comes to sports and politics. He knew so much about so many things, tennis, cricket, athletics(as in Commonwealth games, Olympics, etc.), for a while he even watched Basketball. He knew international goings on and the national. Ask him anything and he had an opinion. I mean, where did he get all that? I would watch some news(I hate watching news, by the way) just to ask him his opinion on issues and “Why things are as they are?”, etc, etc.

When I had my son, I was just beginning to have a normal diet. He had deep fried bitter gourd for me. He thought he had overfried them so he sprinkled sugar and got it for me to eat. I was so overwhelmed by emotion with that gesture.

My dad wears his heart on his sleeve when it comes to his kids. Mostly with me. He dislikes celebrating anything on the English calendar. But in our family I managed to get away with celebrating Christmas with the tree, decorations you know, the works. I introduced him to “Father’s Day”. So much so that this year when I didn’t call him on father’s day, he texted me wondering if “you care it’s Father’s Day today?”. 🙂

Well, Dyadee, this one is for you… Every one should have a dad like you…

Navya’s Birthday Wishes !!!

Happy Birthday Navya!

World AIDS Day 2009

Anne’s Song

You fill up my senses
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime,
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert,
like a sleepy blue ocean
you fill up my senses,
come fill me again.

Come let me love you,
let me give my life to you
let me drown in your laughter,
let me die in your arms
let me lay down beside you,
let me always be with you
come let me love you,
come love me again.

John Denver’s Anne’s Song…

The first time I heard the song and every time after this song filled my eyes with tears. The earnest way he renders it and the crescendo of the tune just overwhelms me with emotions.

Always and will be my favorite song.