Feeling grateful today

A lot of friends from Facebook post notes about Cancer and other diseases with the footnote íf you have lost someone to Cancer/this disease, share it'. Of-course, I respect people's sentiments about losing someone. Like everyone I have lost people, to untimely deaths and to horrible pain. I acknowledge and feel the power of healing through condolences, kind messages but I don't see the point of sharing a note. At the end of a crappy day (or a wonderful one), what helps me is to read a blog like I am sharing here. Nothing and nothing compares to the helpless feeling of losing control on your body. I read about soldiers losing limbs, people dying young and worst of all people waiting and praying to die because its so painful to live. There is so much which can go wrong with our body and if we have that working for us today, everything else can be handled. I feel grateful for my health , my family's health today and as long as I have that blessing, I feel like I can conquer anything.

Excerpts from this brave girl's blog (and I find wisdom in these words even if the Cancer is replaced by whatever problems one is going through in life - physical or emotional ) -

Today I’ve decided that my challenge will be to develop a new brand of acceptance. You can’t fight your way out of every problem. The solution is not to charge full speed ahead. Sometimes you are poisoned in order to be cured.
Sometimes you need to accept and surrender to the fact that, at least for the time being, you can’t change your reality as quickly as you’d like to.
Acceptance is not giving up — far from it. But like a prisoner in handcuffs, you only waste precious energy by trying to wriggle your way free.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/life-interrupted-fighting-cancer-and-myself/?smid=fb-share

Neev turns five !

My little boy turned 5 earlier this week and celebrated with a brunch in his favorite restaurant followed by a day at Frankie's. Neev at 5 is a delightful, good hearted, charming and most loving boy who keeps our lives full with his humor. Speaking of humor, I have to record a few recent hearty laughs from my Aunt's visit last week -

On our way home from school in the car-
Neev - Shanta Nani, you are my best,best, best grandma !
Shanta Nani - Aw........, sweetheart thank you so much , that is the sweetest thing I've heard.
Neev (after a moment's pause) - I just made that up.

During a discussion on homeopathy and medicine , Neev comes and interrupts us-
Neev - What are you guys talking about ?
Me - Well, we are talking about what we can do if someone has stomach ache.
Neev - That's simple, you can go poo-poo !

On the way to our Beach vacation, we buy some fast food and I pop some bites into Anurag's mouth while he drives.
Neev - Why are you feeding Daddy?
Me - Well, that's something wives do !
Neev - I hope I get a wife who can feed me, take me for ice- cream and to Jump Zone all the times !