Letter to "don't know whom" (Letter - 2)

Letter to "don't know whom"

I don't know you. I don't even know if you exist. I just know that i want to talk to someone. Someone unknown, someone non-existent, someone who can listen and then vanish in thin air.

Relationship bumps, financial bumps, emotional bumps, health bumps...the ride has been very very bumpy so far. At times i have enjoyed it and other times it has left me angered and depressed.

Every time I have collected myself and bounced back to life. At times it has been hard and I almost gave up. Then by coincidence or luck or chance or support from universe I come across something which gets me back in spirits. Sometimes it has been a book, sometimes just few liners i read somewhere randomly, few times it has been some random conversation on radio or a movie I am watching. few times it has also been some friends calling/chatting and saying just the right things I needed to hear at that time.
I can only call this the power of universe.

I have read this many times now to start believing with all my heart -

If you really desire something put it out in universe with all honesty and the universe will make sure you get it.

It works - ALWAYS!!

And if you think it hasn't worked - think again about it. Most of the times when we ask for something(s) we have a hint of self-doubt there. We are not sure it can happen. But we still ask.

Believe! Believe from all yoru heart! Believe it can happen and then ask the universe.

And if you believe, you will not leave any stone unturned to make it happen. That's the power of universe. The universe will make sure you get surrounded by all positive forces to make it happen.

So today with my true heart and soul I feel happy. I feel content. I feel blessed.

Thanks universe!!

Letter to my Grandma (Letter 1 - A Deceased person you wish you could talk to)

Dear Grandma (mata - as we all used to call her)

It's been 12 yrs since you left for the heavenly abode. (And i never realized its that long...i had to count to be sure it was 12 years) I think about you quite often. And I miss you.

I often think about our winter trips to your house. How I enjoyed going with you to Gurudwara every morning. And getting prasad there. How you would try to get us extra halwa because we loved it. Your trip to sabzi mandi on the way back....and your awesome bargaining and calculation skills. You never ever went to school or was never taught maths in any form yet I never saw you making a mistake of a single penny.
I also miss those small treats you will get us on the way back.

Later when you started living with us in Jammu - While growing up we used to accompany you to mandir every evening. And how you would treat us to golgappas on every round. Believe me those are my only happy memories of enjoying golgappas.
I also just realised how mandir or gurudwara didn't make any difference to your religious beliefs and faith. There was no question ever about why you would go to either place. Your faith in the supreme power was all that was important. That also reminds me of all the prayers you would chant every morning while taking bath and how you would thank each Day and God with a beautiful one liner of yours.

I know at times I have not been that nice and sweet a grand child with you. I picked fights with you, got upset, got angry and many a times perhaps insulted you too. I am really really sorry about all that. Though i know any amount of sorry won't be enough.

Inspite of love hate relationship we had - I am most thankful that I was there with you in your last days. Being able to take care of you - cleaning you, combing your hair, helping you eat. That was the least i could do. I thank God for giving me that opportunity. And I Thank God for your love and affection always...

Keep your hand of blessings on us always!

May you rest in peace always.
Much love and regards
Your granddaughter

A New challenge

I came across this and found it very interesting. I feel like doing it. I am not sure how many i will be able to write but I will try. I am not sure how comfortable I will be to share them here but I would still write. So here is the Challenge...Let me know if you are doing it too!

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30 DAY LETTER CHALLENGE

Write a letter a day for 30 days
The List

• 1 - Your Best Friend
• 2 - Your Crush
• 3 - Your parents
• 4 - Your sibling (or closest relative)
• 5 - Your dreams
• 6 - A stranger
• 7 - Your Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend/love/crush
• 8 - Your favourite internet friend
• 9 - Someone you wish you could meet
• 10 - Someone you don't talk to as much as you'd like to
• 11 - A Deceased person you wish you could talk to
• 12 - The person you hate most/caused you a lot of pain
• 13 - Someone you wish could forgive you
• 14 - Someone you've drifted away from
• 15 - The person you miss the most
• 16 - Someone that's not in your state/country
• 17 - Someone from your childhood
• 18 - The person that you wish you could be
• 19 - Someone that pesters your mind-good or bad
• 20 - The one that broke your heart the hardest
• 21 - Someone you judged by their first impression
• 22 - Someone you want to give a second chance to
• 23 - The last person you kissed
• 24 - The person that gave you your favourite memory
• 25 - The person you know that is going through the worst of times
• 26 - The last person you made a pinky promise to
• 27 - The friendliest person you knew for only one
• 28 - Someone that changed your life
• 29 - The person that you want tell everything to, but too afraid to
• 30 - Your reflection in the mirror

Source - http://30daychallenges.net/challenges/30-day-letter-challenge

Needs?

The talks

the chat

the gossip

the smiles

I miss them all

with you 

my dear friend

The fights

the drives

the movies

the food

I want it all

to revive

and last

The gifts

the cards

the calls

the mails

I wish for it all

to come back

for all

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The pumpkin exploded

It was the moment. The moment of pride. The whole family was waiting for it. The smiles were shared. Everyone had gathered. It was going to be a moment to remember forever. It was something everyone had been looking forward too. The family had money. The family had fame. The family had everything but education. It felt everyone came together just for this day.

And the list was being read. names called.

They waited. 

Their son's name was not there. He has not passed the exam - again. 
The pride of parents exploded like a pumpkin, covering everyone with shattered mess.

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Day 2 : Drabble Week

Prompt : The Pumpkin Exploded

Power of a drop

She was the life

She was the heartbeat

She kept it going

She kept it alive

Life looked at her

And smiled

Each touch was divine

Each glimpse was heavenly

She was the binding thread

A thread so tough

Yet a thread so silky

The caring hands

And the loving looks

It all made life worth it

Until one day

Just a drop of water changed life

She slipped and fell on her rear

Never to get up again

The thread slipped away

Lives got shattered. 

Smiles died away

Love became a cherished memory

Their mom was no more! 

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Day 1 : Drabble Week

Prompt : When she fell on her rear

Drabble Week - A New Challenge

Drabble Week it so going be... from June 30 till July 6 and as always i have taken up the challenge.

I take up challenges and fail....but i still keep taking up new ones with the hope of finishing one someday. Positive thinking at its best - isn't it?

So I have decided to go for 100-words posts. ( 55 seems too less to me once i start writing :) ) I am just not skilled enough to wrap up a story in 55 words. Let me see what i do in 100.

Here is the list of prompts for 100-words!

For the 100-word posts:
Day 1- She fell flat on her rear
Day 2- The pumpkin exploded
Day 3- If I were an animal
Day 4- Never send a man to do a woman's job
Day 5- Talking vessels
Day 6- Suddenly, it moved...
Day 7- Candy floss memories

To check out more or join the fun - check out - Drabble Week on FB