Love

Isn't it amazing how you can fall in love with people you don't really know.
It all started for me in my car... My father was driving us to a baby shower, and he said cautiously, "Don't get upset, but there is this boy, he comes from a very good family, he has studied.... blah... blah"
What stood out for me in the conversation was the excitement that my parents could not hide in their voices and the one fact about this boy... "he has an emotion in his voice"
But hay!!! If I had to give this nice boy a chance to come into my life... I just had to know "Papa, I can understand he is a nice boy... But does he like dogs?"
It turned out he liked dogs, so I agreed to talk to this nice boy, who was indeed turning out to be nice.
And then before I knew what happened, I was not just talking to him, but I was finding out about his family. Childhood stories, naughty things he did, how his mother made yummy food and took him to his uncle's home, how she told him off when he ate out and made sure he had his home cooked meals, how is father took care of him and how his brother always looks out for him, and in the process... it happened, I fell in love, not just with the man I am going to spend the rest of my life with, but his family.
It suddenly dawned on me today, that eventhough I have not met his family, a part of me longs to see them, a part of me wishes they were here with us while we get engaged, and part of me has realised that I have fallen in love with them.
So as I happily dream of our first meeting, I wonder, is it possible that they feel the same way about me - and something inside me says YES!!!! :)

"Count your blessings, count them one by one...."

My father's voice sings in my head "Count your blessings, count them one by one...."
In my family, my parents are a beacon of positivity... No matter what we have been face with my parents have come out as winners simply because they believe.
I wonder... How did I become so negative. Its not in my nature to be negative, its not my natural response, yet sometimes I am caught in the web of negativity... Where I feel my life is a complete waste as I have not achieved anything.
And then I hear my father's voice singing in my head and my mother saying "Be positive, believe in god and give it your best shot... Everything will work out", and now my man, he says, "How can you be negative? It just doesn't suite you"
I am very lucky I have all of them to guide me through my shadowy moments :).
I am forever grateful and devoted to them.