When Darla tagged me for the Eight Photos of Happiness bloghop, I was delighted. I love photos. Every photo I click feels like a story, a precious package of memories that transport me to that moment in time. And of course, a total de-stresser! Darla is a fabulous writer and a…
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“There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way” One of my all-time favorite quotes from Dr Wayne Dyer, the visionary who became immortal on Aug 29, 2015. Dr.Dyer was diagnosed with leukemia in 2009, but claimed to have treated it with positive thinking, daily exercise and “psychic surgery.”. We could…
The Huffington Post newsletter this morning brought me this: 27 Things That Made Me Cry When I Took My Kid to College and I know how Peyton feels. The email subject line said “pass the tissues”. But no, tissues are not enough for the deluge of tears – not because of the…
Some Food Tales just never fade, do they? The year was 2001. I like to call it the decade of the guests. Our house was quite like Liberty Hall. We always had a house guest or two. Or three, or five. Or even seven. One would arrive and appear to attract…
There’s always, always, always something to be grateful for! No matter what life situation we’re facing, there’s always the silver lining. And there is no therapy like gratitude therapy, eh? Here’s my list of happy this week… Gratitude for… Campus. My son joined college on August 1 at IISER Mohali and it…
My theme has been to eat pray love for the past few months even as we scrambled to get various things done. Last year I had pledged to keep purging until I had completely decluttered by giving, donating, or discarding the extra stuff we’ve accumulated. I set myself deadlines and even…
With all the recent money talk, and the “me” time I am enjoying, I couldn’t help thinking back on those days when my Mom and I were pretty close to “poor”. Poor in terms of money, mind you – not happiness. We didn’t have enough savings. We lived on rather meager…