Oh yes! I am 16 again! Honestly, its been a long time since I felt like this....so connected to the times that everyone pines for and sees only with the fondest feelings and those pinkest of rose tinted glasses. And why not!
We leave for Mumbai in 1 week, this time to attend my BIL's wedding. But for 2 days before all the festivities begin, I make a rendezvous with my best friend...my juno swan. There are no words to describe the expectation that will lead to the moment when we first see each other again. The last time we met was during my wedding, and a few months after when me and R visited her as a married couple. But, this will be the first ever time in our lives, when we will meet as mothers to 2 kids. If motherhood is momentous and friendship eternal, then these two aspects within the same person coming together to unite with that of a childhood friend at the exact same place in life...ahhhh, the possibilities!!!!
Over the past few days, I have also been reconnecting with some more old school friends...moving beyond plain superficial conversation, to a very human connection that just exudes the goodwill of being exquisitely a.l.i.v.e! There is a definite romance in the air....I can feel it, I can smell it....and I find that all of this is making me young again. In fact, every day left of this one week is robbing me a year of my age...so I think by the time I meet her, I just might be 16 again! I am hopelessly indisposed right now to write any more coherently. So let me leave you with this quote...
"Friends are the reason why even at the saddest part of my life, I smile. Why even at my confusion, I understand. Why even at betrayal, I trust. Why even in fear of pain, I love."
And oh! ..if you're wondering about the picture...that's me at 17, in the classroom, during recess, with my juno swan next to me, munching on an apple, her staple diet, in our navy blue pinafores and crisp cotton white shirts!
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:-) I loved spending new year's with my school friends this year. Something I'd never have thought I'd have an opportunity to, in a million years. One of them gave me a desk calendar which gives a 'friend' quote every day. Today's says 'Friendship is one mind in two bodies' :-)
Enjoy the moment.
I can't go beyond the picture! You look so very lovely!!
Have fun in Mumbai :)
Ohh, the same to same face, pretty! :)
Have fun!
What a quote Altoid. Thank you! :)
ILL : Thank you. :) I will!
Swat : Same to same huh? Feels good to hear that! :)
you look so lovely, T! happy reunion!
I commented here and my Wordpress ate it away :(
But with vidaa muyarchi, I repeat -
Must be such a nice feeling na? I cant wait for you to come back from Mumbai and tell us about it all.
As for the pic, I soo see my fav there - Your pretty pretty smile! :)
Have fun in Mumbai !!
what fun its gonna be! you know you have a good friend when you never feel that you have been away! when you can reconnect without a moments hesitation and with whom the silence is never uncomfortable! :)
have a great time! wish i was in Mumbai! :)
cheers!
abha
:) I'm so happy for you!
I've never had such a close, friend, a soul-mate of sorts, so it's been like peeping into a beautiful home for me - a very 'that's what I'd like to have' kind of moment.
Have super fun in Mumbai!
So lovely! Have a wonderful time with your friend and with the family at the wedding.
lovely T...! have a great time..and a safe trip eh...
my Juno Swan happens to be my 5 best friends...guys...who have now evolved in to strong men..married and settled...but it is a long lost mail in ur inbox..or a call history...that will trigger my emotions..! have a blast!
Ah, I envy you T! Sometimes I feel like I'm incapable of such relationships.
you look so pretty!! have a great time with your friend and at the wedding.
Time to bring out those bangles I say! :)
ENJOY the weddding and the juno-swan meet :) eat an extra laddoo for all of us :)
Km : Thanks pal! :)
revs : I can't wait to tell you all about it too! *gushing*. And now Im going to be smiling ever since u paid me that compliment. :)
PRIDERA : Thanks. I certainly hope to. :)
Abha : You always say things that have me nodding away...:)
Nino's Mum : So pretty are your words. Thank you for your warmth. :)
Dipali : Thanks. I will. :)
IBH : 5 Juno swans??? Wow. You're a very lucky woman!
Suj : Maybe its because those 'right fit' people havent crossed your path? Or maybe its because you are already married to your Juno Swan.(?) :)
Reva : Those bangles wont fit now. :( But I will get myself a new pair, thanks for the idea! ;) I like how you remember so many things I have posted here. Feel very flattered.
Dottie : Oh no. not the laddoo bit sorry. I shudder to think of the moment of ecstasy on the lips and the rest on the hips bit! :)
Hey Tara, I am reading this at a time when my feelings are very similar - have spent the weekend with 2 old old school friends, with A not in town we have regressed to our school days. So much has changed, and yet nothing really has.
Have a great time meeting your friend again, and at the wedding.
And oh yeah - that's such a sweet picture!
You know, T, I think you may be right! :)
Ana : Wow. How wonderful. I am glad you are at the same place right now. Thank you! :)
He he! So THAT explains your gtalk status! Shoulda just come here then and read this post instead of pestering you with stupid assumptions :P
How did the meeting go? You must have already met na?
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