Dear Bhau,
Two years have gone by since we wrote on this blog, sorry about that!
Time flew by and we got busy but you have always been there in our thoughts and fond memories.
Last year on Aug 3rd, Sidd & Geena had a beautiful western wedding ceremony in Chicago. And in Dec we had an Indian ceremony in Singapore. We were so glad that we could do a small traditional Maharashtrian wedding ceremony here and most of our family and friends could attend.
It was a beautiful family get together and you must have been very happy to see that and I am sure you must have blessed everyone. Everyone even got to meet your first great grand child - Cora!
There was Mehendi, Sangeet and both Geena and Sidd participated enthusiastically and their friends had come from all over the world and they too participated in all the festivities!
There was music , singing and lots of happy times- just like how our family likes it.
This year we were happy to attend Praj & Tom’s wedding in Melbourne. They too had a Maharashtrian ceremony and you would have been very happy to see the traditional attires and ceremonies and of course music. Aai was able to spend some time in Melbourne and she was very happy - especially to see great grand children Arjun and Takshvi! We are grateful that we had your blessings for her smooth stay.
Now we have Tara joining the Great Grand children club and we are waiting to see her!!
Also - just got back from a trip to Kenya / safari at Masai Mara! We travelled by road to all the game reserves and we were remembering the road trips we took with you to Pondicherry and Rajamundri! Sidd was also remembering your driver Senthil and riding and feeding bananas to elephants . Such happy and fond memories. We have inherited the love for long road trips and walks from you!
Learnings for this year is to maintain peace in heart and around us - just like Shanta Durga and to live in the moment and not take anything for granted. We can only plan as much and rest is destiny which will rule us. We can only try and improve our Karma!
To Do Right than to just Speak Right! Always guide us to achieve that and keep the whole family safe.
Let there be peace and kindness in the world !
Love
Shruti