Reflections

I have been staying alone for last few weeks, family is away and that leaves me with a lot of “free” time for myself.

After getting used to keep really busy with wife and my son, suddenly I am on my own – sometimes it is really hard. So essentially, I have lot of silence around me, except the TV / Music / conference calls. Initially it is a good break / welcome change as you have lot of time for yourself. But then it also gets dead boring at times, as you are not “geared” for free time. When they are around, I hardly sit back and reflect on my own. Now that’s what I have been doing most of the evenings.

Earlier this week, one of my cousin brothers, stopped by in the city and we met after almost 5 years. I was so excited to meet him after he called me around mid morning that I cleared up my afternoon schedule and rushed to pick him up. We used to spend lot of time together when we were growing up. He was the big brother and always bright in his studies, warm to everyone around him.

And after meeting him, I realized he is still basically the same person, same warmth in gestures, open minded and full of affection. I always used to think with time we all change, but meeting him I realized he has kept his original fabric intact – given the fact he has an extremely challenging work / personal life, this is really a great achievement. Hats off!

Back home, my son is not keeping well – which is always painful. We spoke few times over phone today and I tried my best to make him as comfortable as possible from here. He picked up on some of nicknames I create for him almost every time we speak and kept repeating them with a big smile though the day. My parent’s are obviously tensed and worried, they all were having a ball of time till now. I hope he will get well soon and back to his naughty best.