'In between'

This period of being ‘in between’ things. The upcoming ironical goodbyes that will be happy and sad at the same time, the shortly due new hellos, the fear and the excitement of beginning afresh somewhere, the zeal and exhaustion that comes at the same time at the thought of proving yourself once again, the new boundaries that you will set and the ones that will be set for you, the chanting that you have been doing to yourself. Saying again and again that the decisions you’ve taken are the right ones, that you haven’t gotten a raw deal. Although its only time that will tell if the chants have proven themselves correct or you have learnt things the harder way once again.

This ‘in between’ feeling. The feeling of being unmoored, unhinged.

Nostalgically Neglected

Nostalgic

places, smells

takes you to heavens, even hell

time travel guaranteed

Neglected

middle child me

not old enough, neither too young

unnoticed by all

This post is written as a part of April A to Z Challenge 2014. I am doing two posts for every alphabet. The Non-themed posts can be found here.

Nostalgic Sunday Smells !!!

A few days back I received a mail from Indiblogger informing about the Ambi Pur ‘Smelly To Smiley!’ contest to write about the nostalgic memories that I associate with different smells or fragrances in my home. The contest looked interesting because there are various things or times that you can associate ‘nostalgia’ with, but ‘nostalgia’ and ‘smells’ ?? Haven’t heard of it often, right? Dug deep down the memory lane to find a few nostalgic beautifully smelling memories..

Today, every Sunday is a treasured day coz of the most obvious reason of being away from the routine rut.  But back then, as a kiddo, Sunday used to be a fun filled day with wonderful things to be done. Things that I looked forward to doing back then and which bring smiles even today. Here’s a smiling ‘smell’ nostalgia of my Sunday as a child.

Aah.. Sunday it is !!

My favourite day of the week for sure

Freedom of waking up late

And having a whole day to play with mates…!!!

The Sunday morning breakfast

That smell of yummy aalloo parathas,

Dipped in butter

Feasted on with lots of laughter and chatter…!!!

The Sunday bathing

That smell of shampoo; allowed only once a week

With all gusto, mom washed my hair

Which was one of the million ways that showed how minutest of me she cared…!!!

The Sunday lunch

That smell of delicious curry in the house

Filled with scrumptious veggies and more

Eating with mom’s hand and filling myself up to the core…!!!

The Sunday outing

That smell of Popcorn and Candy floss

Zoo and the Lake were the favourite places to be

And entire evening, my eyes twinkled with glee…!!!

The Sunday fun activity

That smell of crayons

Filling up the drawing book

Seeing a proud smile on dad’s face when he had a look…!!!

The Sunday dinner bells

That smell of paneer and naan

Gorging on ice-cream after that

Whilst walking down hand-in-hand with mom and dad…!!!

The Sunday Routine

That smell of coconut oil

Hair carefully oiled and braided at night 

To be prepared enough for the upcoming week’s dust and pollution fight…!!!

The Sunday night beauty

That smell of story books

Sleeping in mom’s lap after the stories

Drifting into dreamland filled with daisies…!!!

 "This post is a part of ‘Smelly To Smiley Contest’ by Ambi Pur in association with Indiblogger"