To blogger friends, a wish for the new year

I got this as a mail from Dot meant for e-mail friends. The sentiments expressed were cute. So I thought I'd send it out to all my blogger friends instead.

Well here is the cure .. just smile and say...

Dear Lord ...
I know you're watching over me
And I'm feeling truly blessed
For no matter what I pray for
You always know what's best!

I have this circle of blogger friends,
Who mean the world to me;
Some days I "comment" and "comment,"
At other times, I let them be.

I am so blessed to have these friends,
With whom I've grown quite close;
So this little poem I dedicate to them,
Because to me they are the "Most".

So to you, my friends, I would like to say,
Thank you for being a part;
Of all my daily contacts,
This comes right from my heart.

God bless you . is my prayer today,
I'm honored to call you friend

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,
Until we write(read) again.

Wishing you lots of love and hugs in your life.

(Liberties have been taken with the original.)

Bluer than Blue

After you go
I can catch up on my reading,
after you go
I'll have a lot more time for sleeping,
and when you're gone
it looks like things are going to be a lot easier,
life will be a breeze you know
I really should be glad
but I'm bluer than blue
sadder than sad
................................................
life without you is going to be
bluer than blue.
(Barry Manilow)

So my grandson has finally gone, after being here for 10 days, of which 6 nights and around 5 and a half days was without his parents. I was on auto pilot all those days and running around behind him as we have a great deal of open space without any real walls. Then there was the adjusting to sleeping with a baby again (yes, we belong to that category of parents who had their little ones sleep with them till they were at least 2) and losing sleep trying to pacify him in the nights when he cried for his mama. There certainly was no time for reading, blogging, or even to check my mail. I could quite understand why my daughter needed a break.
But, the joys of cuddling a little one to sleep, of seeing him discover the world around ant by ant, learning the skills of arranging, of a sticky kiss, the fun of hearing him learn new words and the bestest--getting a truly loving happy smile from him. Oh K I miss you so, much more than I thought.

This is the last post I'll be able to put in till the 3rd of Jan at least, as we are babysitting our grandson, while his parents go off to Thailand today. They'll be back Jan 3rd. Already I feel sad cos of empathizing with his upset when he doesn't see his parents at night. Well, here' s hoping everything will go off ok and that he will be fine with his Appachen & Ammachy.
Meantime all.

Another evening

Now for this evening--today I went to hear a String Quartet play, yes here in Kottayam! The quartet was composed of young men from Kottayam I think and they were good, at least, to my 'starved for this kind of music' ears. It was a really enjoyable evening and quite unexpected. Only grouse is that some of the audience were total philistines as concerning Western Classical Music:)
Anyway my sis-in-law's group, who did this as a fund-raising event, gave me for one, a great time!

A touching evening.

Last week, my mother's younger brother and wife had come visiting her from Bangalore . She and her brother are the last surviving siblings of their 8 sibling family. It was quite an achievement as my uncle has a heart problem, a stent after a kidney problem, had been treated for prostate cancer and TB , besides which his wife is in the early stages of senile dementia.! They are both 86. They came only because my brother--who is in India at present--escorted them here and back.
Well, anyway, my mom and her bro were really happy to see each other as it's been more than 3 years and they had almost given up the thought that they could see each other. They got to spend 4 days with each other. They had a lovely time.
The evening I'm talking about was on Thurs. 14th, the day after my uncle and aunt came. My mother asked me to bring a guitar along. I borrowed one from someone and spent around an hour and half at the flat that evening. It was so sweet, my uncle had brought a song book for my mum with old English songs that they used to sing. So I played the guitar and the 4 of us sang. My brother was busy working. But he too joined for a couple of songs. He left after a bit though--when he couldn't keep his eyes from filling up.
We sang a number of songs. It was amazing how my aunt--who can't remember a number of people or even where she is exactly sometimes--could sing along to all her favourite songs! She still has a good voice too. There were times when I had to turn my head away and I couldn't sing any more because I was weeping. They were singing away but sort of accepting the fact that this kind of evening was extremely unlikely to happen again. It really brought to me the spirit of Christmas.

Update

My mother has been discharged from the hospital and is back home. A relief! She seems to have had diverticulitis. She isn't 100% fit yet, but she's really happy to be home I must say.
Well then Season's Greetings all.

Just time for a quick post. My mother's in hospital. She was admitted on Tuesday morning. She had bad diarrhea and vomiting and so got severely dehydrated and she had some bad infection obviously. It maybe her diverticulitis having become inflamed or just some other infection. Anyway, she's better but still in hospital. I want to blog about some of the stuff we talk about when we sit together in the hospital, but have not enough time to think it out and write.
Anyway, I hope she will be out by Tomorrow or latest Sunday.