The last post on
this blog was on June 12, 2017 where I closed the writing with the portentous
words – to be continued. Trust me, I had all intentions of continuing it as
well. In fact, I have a post half-written sitting in my drafts, to conclude the
story on Ekalavya. However, quite a few things have happened after I wrote
those words. Actually, lots of things happened last year.
1 engagement, 2
weddings, 1 huge loss, 1 birth announcement, and plenty of overwhelming
emotions. It was quite a year.
By the end of
the year, I didn’t even have the energy to write a year-end mandatory wrap-up. I
really did want to get one out there, even if it was just for the sake of
writing something and getting the fingers to mirror the thoughts. But hey, fatigue
took over and all that! I think out of all the posts that I drafted (some in my
head, of course) this one was really the bummer. I had gotten used to the idea
of writing a year end post over the last few years recapping the years’ happenings,
as well as hits and misses.
That was last year!
This year, the
biggest and the most important news is the arrival of the little one, Ved, who has
us all wrapped around his tiny little finger.
No, I am not
going to elaborate on the entire pregnancy journey, nor about the joy
motherhood has brought upon me. There are plenty of other blogs you can refer
to for that. For now, I am just enjoying the journey. It is safe to say, life
has changed but not too entirely. Of course, there is less sleep, more of the
learning moments, more of the day’s timings revolving around what Ved does and on
what he wants, but I still read, I still browse, I still buy stuff that I don’t
need. I managed to watch snippets of shows I enjoy, I have gotten back to work
and things are slowly settling into a routine. The post-partum hormones created
a bit of ruckus for a while and though they do make an appearance every now and
then, it has more or less settled down a bit.
In between all
this, there is that immense learning that comes from being responsible for a tiny
little person, along with the awareness that much as I want to be a super-mom, I
am only human and that it is okay to ask for help when you need it and you won’t
be judged for it.
So that’s that!
In all probability,
this post will count as a year-end post (its mid-Nov already, where did the
time go?) with the blog going back to sleep until next year, unless I manage to
churn something out. Well, there are always the drafts that I can complete and
post :-) And the concluding part of Ekalavya, of course.
What have you
all been upto? :-)
