“It’s a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack” Germany Kent.
Picked up flowers to honor the those who left the earthI
am grateful for the gift of life, and every opportunity I get to wake up in the
morning and get into my daily routine. I am grateful for the work I do; this month
at our counseling centre there were too many problems related to domestic
violence. It was challenging to listen to so much of violence in families,
especially faced by women and children. I am glad to be supported by my
colleagues and my Coordinator who also helps in intervention and referrals, as
and when required.
I
am happy that this month we had the opportunity to visit Mahatma Gandhi
University, Nalgonda District, Telengana.
We had a request for the sessions for the faculty as well as the
students. I take this as opportunity for learning and was glad to interact with
the faculty as the University is planning to set up a Counseling Centre for the
students.
The
other sessions were done by our team members who spoke on Substance abuse and
anger management, these sessions were appreciated by the students. I was also
happy to visit the District prison of Nalgonda and meet the prisoners. I found
so many youngsters in this place; our Director took a session and interacted
with the boys. On our way to this university we stopped by for breakfast at a
nice place wherein we could enjoy traditional south Indian breakfast. The whole
experience of traveling was beautiful with great scenic beauty of greenery all
around. I clicked a couple of pictures from inside the car and enjoyed this
road trip.
This month I am grateful for my sister in law (Mary) daughter Diana Marcus who received the First Holy Communion – an event where the child consciously takes a decision to belong to the faith and gets integrated into local Christian community. It’s a celebration in a big way where we invite families, extended families, cousins, relatives and friends and have a meal together after the church service. So we were busy planning this event. David took the initiative in planning and implementing this event, as the child does not have her father, we were happy to be of help.
November 25th was International Day for Elimination of Violence against women, and on this day through the #YWCA of secunderabad. I could visit the community for a session for the women. It’s been a long time since I visited the community, due to lock down we could not do much in the community, now things are gradually getting normalized, hence this session was a welcome change for me to go for off line session at our community. I am grateful for the opportunity to meet them physically and share my insights on the day with them.
I
am glad that Dorothy was busy and she managed to do her exams well; this was
the 5th semester exam and one more semester and she will complete
her graduation. She will be completing her internship this December. This was a
great exposure for her to work independently and learn on her own, and
discipline herself to manage time, as she was also attending her classes,
completing assignments, continued to sing in the choir, attend youth meetings
and be involved in local association too.
I am grateful that everything is working fine with her and she takes
help only when she requires otherwise she independent and has learnt to make
her own choices in life.
David
has been busy with the Sunday clinic and busy with the some of the follow ups
with regard to pan card for Dorothy, correction of address in our aadhaar card,
also our election card, making one for Dorothy this year as she is a major and
has a right to cast vote. He has also been taking care of his health –
exercising, maintaining proper diet and taking preventive steps to stay
healthy.
I will turn 60 on the 29th of December, 2021 – my friends have decided to celebrate ME for a whole month from November, 29th to December 29th, 2021.
A memory shared by Subhandra
I am glad for
so much of love and affection I receive and every day there was beautiful
memories posted about me in the whatsapp group bringing happy memories of
college, our outings, picnics and get together and plenty of experiences
shared. I am enjoying every moment of this month as it’s a joy every day to see
one friend posting about her experiences of her life with me. I appreciate
Aparna for facilitating this whole process in the group.
I am overwhelmed with gratitude for the 60 years of my life, I still feel young and energetic and can’t believe my journey has been long one and everything has worked out so well in my life leading me to a life full of meaning and fulfillment.
Thanks to Dorothy for this lovely picture worth more than wordsI hope to continue my journey with gratitude in my heart remembering my parents who laid the foundation of faith and gratitude in me, my family and extended families, teachers, friends and all those who have been part of my 60 years journey which has been an exciting one filled with learnings and lessons for life. I am now looking forward like a child to celebrate my birthday.
Thank
you for reading this post; hope you had a great month too. I would love to hear
from you.
Such a vibrant post Genevive! And now you have the whole month to celebrate your upcoming 60th birthday! It's also a celebration for your dear mother who gave birth to you. Your post and the photos are simply lovely! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Susan I feel honored to read your comment, happy too as everyday there is so much to be thankful for; yes I celebrate my mom too for without her I wouldn't be alive. I am counting very affirmation as my blessings and feel so excited to be surrounded with lovable people who celebrate me. Hope you are doing well... take care, love and hugs to you:)
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