"The Wheel of the World"

It's the title of one of my favourite songs, sung by one of my favourite artists, contains some of my favourite lyrics --- yet I have not found it so fitting, so applicable to my own life, as it does now.

In my 26 years, I've experienced many things, both good and bad and characterized as either happy or sad. I think we can all agree that it's harder to get past and recover from our saddest moments in life. How does one pick up the pieces? How does one begin to live again? These are questions we'll ask ourselves as we wait and wait for the moment to leave us, but it always seems like it's never going to end.

But happy moments, on the other hand, come and rush past us, leaving us in a daze. We've still got our arms up in the air when the moment has already come and gone. It never seems to stay long enough. We always want that one more song, that one more minute, that one more piece of cake :p We always feel like we didn't experience it long enough.

So when weeks, days and weekends like these past few come, it's hard for me not to realize just how much of a blessing it is to laugh, hug, and be in the presence of such wonderful and loving people.

It is even more incredible when we witness the arrival of a new baby, a new hope, a new love, a new addition to an already incredible family.

The warmth of a new child is something that cannot be matched. The soothing presence of a new child is something that you want to bathe in forever and ever. The spark in those cute little eyes is something that you never want to forget.

I have a new baby sister and because of that, the world just got a little more fun, a little more acceptable, and a lot more magical.

Days gone by...

First and foremost, I sincerely apologize. I've heard the complaints - I know it's been a very long time since I last blogged. Life has just been one crazy ride and it's left me oddly speechless in the past weeks. I'm happy to say that I feel like that phase is now coming to an end. So rest assured, in the coming days I'll be adding much more thought into this site, meaning I'll be blogging more often.

Briefly I'll recap why we've hit this stalemate, which I promise will not continue any further. From the day I started the blogsite up till the last blog post - I was essentially taking a break from my own pursuits. Well not entirely. What I mean to say is that, certain projects I was pursuing had already been placed well on their own individual paths, and all there was for me to do was...wait...patiently for the results.

So while I was waiting - patiently, mind you - I realized I needed an outlet to keep writing, so out came the blog site. However, in recent weeks I began getting results for my projects and my time, thoughts, and energy were being quite consumed. I realized that I was for the first time in my life completely immersed in...well in my own life. If anyone asked me what was going on in the news...honestly I didn't know! That's a definite first for me! I stopped reading People Mag, I stopped checking in with different news outlets -- I was entirely consumed with my own tasks.

Until that is I heard the complaints for the lack of updates on the blog and I realized this behaviour was utterly unbecoming of me. So, I've figured out a way to balance both. We all know that our individual dreams and pursuits are very important. We must all strive to achieve something in our lifetime that truly belongs to us and that cannot be taken away ever. However, it is also very important to me to still be the person that I've always been and that is well...the Indian version of Hermione Granger ;)

Okay - this is way too long. Just know new posts will follow in the days/weeks ahead. In the meantime, sit tight and I hope you're enjoying this strange weather we're experiencing.