Year after year, we celebrate the major events like deepavali but then its never the same every time because everyone is a year older which means, someone has grown taller, or someone has gone to school, or has graduated or married, someone might have moved and came home after a long time, someone has just started working or had a baby. Someone has bought a new house or car and so on. Theres always something new to share, some new experience.
And, no matter how far we have gone, its always worth the effort and hassle to come back home. Just to put everything else aside and simply catch up with everyone.
And this year i realised that no matter what weve been through the whole year , Deepavali is really rejuvenating. To hug your brothers and sisters, to laugh like crazy ! to have dinners and lunch in a big group. To play games, to book a whole row in the cinema and to pass the pop corn from one end to the other while watching the movie, to enjoy the fireworks with the kids, to cook and serve like never ending meals...yeah its all worth it ! And after all the fun....when we get back to the routine....and you look at the pictures taken during the celebrations....and feel so glad you made it into those pictures...coz next year it will be different again. A different moment....a different smile....but the same love shared !!
Heres my favourite picture for this year with my cousins and mom...
As we were all sitting randomly chatting away, my cousin tries to get our faces into a frame, and says " ka ! theres more space..you can fit in...so i bend down to get my face into the picture...and thats how we got this shot....a simple moment but a joyous one! So its not about grand celebrations or expensive gifts but simply about coming into the picture no matter what ! :0)
Stay within the frame , and enjoy ! :)
